Analysis of Ding Dong Bell
Walter Crane 1845 – 1915
Ding dong bell!
Pussy's in the well!
Who put her in?
Little Tommy Lin.
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout.
What a naughty boy was that
To drown poor pussy-cat,
Who ne'er did any harm,
But killed all the mice in father's barn.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 111 1001 1100 10101 1101 10101 1010111 111101 111101 111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 220 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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