Analysis of Cecily Parsley
Beatrix Potter 1866 (West Brompton, London) – 1943 (Near Sawrey, Lancashire)
CECILY PARSLEY
lived in a pen,
And brewed good ale
for gentlemen;
GENTLEMEN came
every day,
Till Cecily Parsley
ran away.
| Scheme | AXXX XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 110 1001 0111 1100 1001 1001 1110 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 129 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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