Analysis of Mother Shake The Cherry-Tree
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Mother shake the cherry-tree,
Susan catch a cherry;
Oh how funny that will be,
Let's be merry!
One for brother, one for sister,
Two for mother more,
Six for father, hot and tired,
Knocking at the door.
| Scheme | AAAABCDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 101010 1110111 1110 11101110 11101 11101010 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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