Analysis of Mollie.



Mollie's frock is crimson,
Her petticoat's of lace;
Mollie's hair is golden,
And curls about her face.

Mollie's friends are many,
She's off to visit one;
Mollie takes her sunshade,
To keep away the sun.


Scheme ABAB XAXA
Poetic Form Pantoum 
Quatrain 
Metre 11110 0111 11110 010101 11110 111101 10101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 198
Words 36
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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