Analysis of Calicoe Pie
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
Calico Pie,
The little Birds fly
Down to the calico tree,
Their wings were blue,
And they sang 'Tilly-loo!'
Till away they flew,
And they never came back to me!
They never came back!
They never came back!
They never came back to me!
Calico Jam,
The little Fish swam
Over the syllabub sea,
He took off his hat
To the Sole and the Sprat,
And the Willeby-wat,
But he never came back to me!
He never came back!
He never came back!
He never came back to me!
Calico Ban,
The little Mice ran,
To be ready in time for tea,
Flippity-flup,
They drank it all up,
And danced in the cup,
But they never came back to me!
They never came back!
They never came back!
They never came back to me!
Calico Drum,
The Grasshoppers come,
The Butterfly, Beetle, and Bee,
Over the ground,
Around and around,
With a hop and a bound -
But they never came back!
They never came back!
They never came back!
They never came back to me!
Scheme | aabcccbDDB eebffxbDDb ggbahhbDDB iibjjjdDDB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 101 01011 110101 1101 011101 10111 01101111 11011 11011 1101111 101 01011 10011 11111 101001 0011 11101111 11011 11011 1101111 101 01011 11100111 11 11111 01001 11101111 11011 11011 1101111 101 0101 0101001 1001 01001 101001 111011 11011 11011 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 874 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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