Analysis of Tra-la-la, Tra-la-la

Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956



Tra-la-la, tra-la-la,
Tra-la-la, tra-la-la,
Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum.
Tiddle-id dle, tiddle-iddle,
Tiddle-iddle, tiddle-iddle,
Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um.  


Scheme AAbaab
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111111 11111 11111 1111 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 150
Words 13
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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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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