Analysis of This pig went to market
Beatrix Potter 1866 (West Brompton, London) – 1943 (Near Sawrey, Lancashire)
THIS pig went to market;
This pig stayed at home;
This pig had a bit of meat;
And this pig had none;
This little pig cried
Wee! wee! wee!
I can't find my way home.
| Scheme | XA XX XXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 11111 1110111 01111 11011 111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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