Analysis of The Fiddler
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
There's a fiddler in the street,
And the children all are dancing:
Two dozen lightsome feet
Springing and prancing.
Pleasure he gives to you,
Dance then, and spare not!
For the poor fiddler's due,
Know not and care not.
While you are prancing,
Let the fiddler play.
When you're tired of dancing
He may go away.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD BEBE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10100001 00101110 11011 10010 101111 11011 1011001 11011 11110 101001 1110110 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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