Analysis of Auntie's Skirts
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
Whenever Auntie moves around,
Her dresses make a curious sound,
They trail behind her up the floor,
And trundle after through the door.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 01010101 010101001 11010101 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 140 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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