Analysis of Dickory Dock
Walter Crane 1845 – 1915
Hickory, dickory dock!
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory dock!
| Scheme | AabcA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Lanturne (40%) |
| Metre | 10011 011101 0111 0111 10011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 111 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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