Analysis of The Tiger
Hilaire Belloc 1870 (La Celle-Saint-Cloud) – 1953
The tiger, on the other hand,
Is kittenish and mild,
And makes a pretty playfellow
For any little child.
And mothers of large families
(Who claim to common sense)
Will find a tiger well repays
The trouble and expense.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 1101 010101 110101 01011100 111101 1101011 010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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