Analysis of Pussy-cat
Helen Beatrix Potter 1866 ( West Brompton, London) – 1943 (Near Sawrey, Lancashire)
Pussy-cat sits by the fire;
How should she be fair?
In walks the little dog,
Says "Pussy! are you there?"
"How do you do, Mistress Pussy?
Mistress Pussy, how do you do?"
"I thank you kindly, little dog,
I fare as well as you!"
Scheme | XABA XCBC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111010 11111 010101 110111 11111010 10101111 11110101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 222 |
Words | 48 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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