Analysis of Dame Crump.



Some dolls are ev'ry bit as good
As little girls and boys;
They never pout or shake themselves,
And never make a noise.

But other dollies make mistakes;
Won't do as they are told;
Won't stand upright, or shut their eyes,
However much you scold!

And then's the time for old Dame Crump
To enter with her stick,
And make them mind their p's and q's;
'Tis well if they are quick!


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111111 110101 11011101 010101 1101101 111111 11011111 10111 01011111 110101 01111101 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 370
Words 74
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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