Analysis of The Friend
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
There are lots and lots of people who are always asking things,
Like Dates and Pounds-and-ounces and the names of funny Kings,
And the answer's always Sixpence or A Hundred Inches Long.
And I know they'll think me silly if I get the answer wrong.
So Pooh and I go whispering, and Pooh looks very bright,
And says, 'Well, I say sixpence, but I don't suppose I'm right.'
And then it doesn't matter what the answer ought to be,
'Cos if he's right, I'm Right, and if he's wrong, it isn't Me.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11101110111101 11010100011101 0010111010101 011111101110101 11011100011101 0111111110111 01110101010111 11111101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 488 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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