Analysis of Three blind mice
Beatrix Potter 1866 (West Brompton, London) – 1943 (Near Sawrey, Lancashire)
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run!
They all run after the farmer's wife,
And she cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did ever you see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice!
| Scheme | ABCCCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1111 111100101 01111110101 11011101011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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