Analysis of Bow, wow, wow

Beatrix Potter 1866 (West Brompton, London) – 1943 (Near Sawrey, Lancashire)



Bow, wow, wow!
Whose dog art thou?
"I'm little Tom Tinker's dog,
Bow, wow, wow!"


Scheme AabA
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1111 1101101 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 88
Words 18
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life. more…

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