Analysis of Baby's Trotting Song
Clara Doty Bates 1838 – 1895
Come, see how the ladies ride,
All so pretty, all so gay,
In their beauty, in their pride,
Down Broadway;
Prancing horses silver shod,
All so pretty, all so gay;
Princely feathers bend and nod,
Down Broadway.
Jiggety-jog, jiggety-jog,
Over the mountain, through the bog--
That's the way the farmers go,
Hear the news and see the show;
Pumpkins round strapped on behind,
Eggs in baskets, too, you'll find,
Soon to change for calico--
That's the way the farmers go.
Bells a-jingle, fingers tingle,
Ditto toes, likewise nose.
The wind doth blow,
And all the snow
Around doth scatter;
Our teeth they chatter,
But that's no matter--
The song rings clear
With a Happy New Year,
And never a mutter,
As we fly in our cutter.
[Trot to Boston]
Jingle, jar, horse car,
Leave you near, or take you far.
Take a seat upon my lap,
Cling on, swing on by the strap;
Here a stop, and there a start--
Let me off, I'll take a cart!
Sword and pistols by their side,
And that's the way the officers ride!
Boots stretched out like a letter V,
we belong to the cavalry!
Over the hurdles after the hounds,
tirra-la! the hunting-horn sounds--
Dashaway, slashaway, reckless and fast!
Crashaway, smashaway, tumbled at last!
Scheme | aBaBcBcB ddEeffeE xxeeggghhgg x iijjkk aallmmnn |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1110111 0110011 11 1010101 1110111 1010101 11 1111 10010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010111 111110 1010101 10101010 10111 0111 0101 01110 101110 11110 0111 101011 010010 11101010 1110 10111 1111111 1010111 1111101 1010101 1111101 1010111 010101001 11110101 10110100 100101001 1101011 111001 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,250 |
Words | 230 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 11, 1, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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