Analysis of Wing Tee Wee



Oh, Wing Tee Wee
Was a sweet Chinee,
And she lived in the town of Tac.
Her eyes were blue,
And her curling queue
Hung dangling down her back;
And she fell in love with gay Win Sil
When he wrote his name on a laundry bill.

And, oh, Tim Told
Was a pirate bold,
And he sailed in a Chinese junk;
And he loved, ah me!
Sweet Wing Tee Wee,
But his valiant heart had sunk;
So he drowned his blues in fickle fizz,
And vowed the maid would yet be his.

So bold Tim Told
Showed all his gold
To the maid in the town of Tac;
And sweet Wing Wee
Eloped to sea,
And nevermore came back;
For in far Chinee the maids are fair,
And the maids are false, as everywhere.


Scheme AXBCCBDD EEFAAFGG EEBAABHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1011 01100111 0101 00101 1100101 011011111 1111110101 0111 10101 01100011 01111 1111 1110111 111110101 01011111 1111 1111 10100111 0111 111 01011 10110111 00111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 630
Words 137
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 164
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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