Analysis of Goosey, Goosey Gander
Leonard Leslie Brooke 1862 – 1940
Goosey, Goosey Gander.
Goosey, Goosey Gander,
Where shall I wander?
Upstairs, downstairs,
And in my lady's chamber.
There I met an old man
That would not say his prayers:
I took him by the left leg,
And threw him downstairs.
| Scheme | A Aa ba xbxb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 101010 11110 0111 0011010 111111 111111 1111011 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 255 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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