Analysis of The song of luddy-dud

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



A sunbeam comes a-creeping
Into my dear one's nest,
And sings to our babe a-sleeping
The song that I love the best:
"'T is little Luddy-Dud in the morning -
'T is little Luddy-Dud at night;
And all day long
'T is the same sweet song
Of that waddling, toddling, coddling little mite,
Luddy-Dud."

The bird to the tossing clover,
The bee to the swaying bud,
Keep singing that sweet song over
Of wee little Luddy-Dud.
"'T is little Luddy-Dud in the morning -
'T is little Luddy-Dud at night;
And all day long
'T is the same dear song
Of that growing, crowing, knowing little sprite,
Luddy-Dud."


Scheme ababACDdcE fefeACDdcE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 011010 011111 011101010 0111101 11101010010 111010111 0111 110111 11110100101 101 01101010 0110101 11011110 1110101 11101010010 111010111 0111 110111 11101010101 101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 579
Words 112
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 10
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 223
Words per stanza (avg) 54
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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