Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Leonard Leslie Brooke 1862 – 1940




  
  
  
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.
  
Baa, baa, Black Sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,
Three bags full:
  
  
  
One for my Master,
And one for my Dame,
And one for the little boy
That lives in the lane!
  
  
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A Abxb xxxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 211
Words 48
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4

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