Analysis of Five Little Fingers
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
This is the baby who doesn't do a thing,
This is the lady who loves to wear a ring,
This is their big sister, this is another,
And this stout thumb is their great sturdy brother.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010110101 11010111101 11111011010 01111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 183 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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