Analysis of Princess Ballerina
Christopher Gordon Williams 1953 (Hobart)
Princess ballerina
Petite beautiful blonde, not now a minor
Gliding through the place
Setting many a heart to race
Moving with an air of grace
So beautiful in sheer lace.
Trendsetter of sheer delight
Crowning jewel of all here tonight.
Apprenticeship you’ll have to serve
Before you’re a dancing Queen, unreserved.
Slim pretty young thing
Ages before you’ll get a ring
So kick up your heels like a ballerina
In the society pages photos we’ll see her
Dancing & gliding all around the place
For you’ll never forget her face.
| Scheme | ABCCCC DDXD EEABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010 01100111010 10101 10100111 1011111 1100011 101101 101011101 0101111 01101011 11011 10011101 1111110010 000100101110 101010101 11100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 534 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on March 05, 2003
Submitted by JanarraRhiamon on August 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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