Analysis of The King's Breakfast

Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956



The King's Breakfast
The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told
The Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."
The Alderney
Said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

The Dairymaid
Said, "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."

The Queen said
"Oh!:
And went to
His Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"

The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"

The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer,
And butter for his bread."

The Queen took
The butter
And brought it to
His Majesty;
The King said,
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down the banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!"


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Poetic Form
Metre 0110 011 010 011 01 1111101 010111 01101 01 1100 110101 1 011111 01 11 0101 01 1010101 010111 01 1100 1101 1100 1101010 110 01 01 110 011 0100 111010 110101 011 1100 1101 0100 1101101 110 10 1 011 1 011 1100 1010101 010111 1010 11 10 110 11111010 10 01 011 10 0111 1101 0111101 01111 1 11 111 0101 1101 0101 1101 11 011 11 011 01 01 111 01101 011 11 11010 11 11111 010111 011 010 0111 1100 011 101 01111 111 1110 100 111 111101 1 110 111 0101 1 1110101110111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 1,554
Words 318
Sentences 25
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 13, 13, 14, 13, 14, 13, 18
Lines Amount 98
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

1:31 min read
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Alan Alexander Milne

Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. more…

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