Analysis of Baby Mine.
Kate Greenaway 1846 – 1901
Baby mine, over the trees;
Baby mine, over the flowers;
Baby mine, over the sunshine;
Baby mine, over the showers.
Baby mine, over the land;
Baby mine, over the water.
Oh, when had a mother before
Such a sweet such a sweet, little daughter!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011001 10110010 1011001 10110010 1011001 10110010 11101001 1011011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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