Analysis of Come Out with Me
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
There's sun on the river and sun on the hill . . .
You can hear the sea if you stand quite still!
There's eight new puppies at Roundabout Farm-
And I saw an old sailor with only one arm!
But everyone says, "Run along!"
(Run along, run along!)
All of them say, "Run along! I'm busy as can be."
Every one says, "Run along,
There's a little darling!"
If I'm a little darling, why don't they run with me?
There's wind on the river and wind on the hill . . .
There's a dark dead water-wheel under the mill!
I saw a fly which had just been drowned-
And I know where a rabbit goes into the ground!
But everyone says, "Run along!"
(Run along, run along!)
All of them say, "Yes, dear," and never notice me.
Every one says, "Run along,
There's a little darling!"
If I'm a little darling, why won't they come and see?
Scheme | aabb CCdCEd aaff CCdCEd |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11101001101 1110111111 111101101 011111011011 1101101 101101 1111101110111 10011101 101010 1101010111111 11101001101 10111011001 110111111 011101010101 1101101 101101 111111010101 10011101 101010 1101010111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 797 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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