Analysis of The Pigs and the Charcoal-burner
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
The old Pig said to the little pigs,
'In the forest is truffles and mast,
Follow me then, all ye little pigs,
Follow me fast!'
The Charcoal-burner sat in the shade
With his chin oil his thumb,
And saw the big Pig and the little pigs
Chuffling come.
He watched 'neath a green and giant bough,
And the pigs in the ground
Made a wonderful grisling and gruzzling
And greedy sound.
And when, full-fed, they were gone, and Night
Walked her starry ways,
He stared with his cheeks in his hands
At his sullen blaze.
Scheme | ABAB XCAC XDXD XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 011110101 001011001 101111101 1011 01101001 111111 0101100101 11 111010101 001001 10100101 0101 011110101 10101 11111011 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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