Analysis of If A Pig Wore A Wig
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
If a pig wore a wig,
What could we say?
Treat him as a gentleman,
And say ‘Good day.’
If his tail chanced to fail,
What could we do? -
Send him to the tailoress
To get one new.
| Scheme | ABCBDEBE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 1111 1110100 0111 111111 1111 11101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 188 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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