Analysis of The Little London Girl



IN my little Green House, quite content am I,
When the hot sun pours down from the sky;
For oh, I love the country–the beautiful country.
Who'd live in a London street when there's the country?

I live in a London street, then I long and long
To be the whole day the sweet Flowers among
Instead of tall chimney-pots up in the sky,
The joy of seeing Birds and Dragon Flies go by.

At home I lie in bed, and cannot go to sleep,
For the sound of cart-wheels upon the hard street.
But here my eyes close up to no sound of anything
Except it is to hear the nightingales sing.

And then I see the Chickens and the Geese go walking,
I hear the Pigs and the Ducks all talking.
And the Red and the Spotted Cows they stare at me,
As if they wondered whoever I could be.

I see the little Lambs out with their mothers–
Such pretty little white young sisters and brothers.
Oh, I'll stay in the country, and make a daisy chain,
And never go back to London again.


Scheme AABB XXAA XXCC CCBB DDXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 01101111011 101111101 1111010010010 110010111010 110010111101 11011011001 01111011001 011101010111 111101010111 10111101011 111111111110 011111011 0111010001110 1101001110 001001011111 11110010111 11010111110 110101110010 1110010010101 0101111001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 938
Words 189
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kate Greenaway

Kate Greenaway Catherine Greenaway was a childrens book illustrator and writer Her first book Under The Window 1879 a collection of simple perfectly idyllic verses concerning children who endlessly gathered posies untouched by the Industrial Revolution was a best-seller more…

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