Analysis of Dance A Baby
Walter Crane 1845 – 1915
Dance a baby diddy!
What can mammy do wid'e?
Sit in her lap,
Give it some pap,
And dance a baby diddy!
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 101010 11111 1001 1111 0101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 98 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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