Hansel and Gretel (Engelberg Humperdinck)
Girl knits sock as lazy brother builds broom
They talk about hunger, girl shows milk jug
“Pudding for sup”, they dance mom enters room
Shouts, breaks milk jug, says they're bad as a slug
Sends them to woods for berries, Dad returns
With food, fast ends, tells wife of witch in woods
Meanwhile kids eat berries they picked, guilt burns
Night falls, sandman tucks in kids, saints guard goods
Dawn breaks, reveals cookie castle, kids feed
Miss portents of doom, boy is roped by witch
Escape thwarted by juniper wand's deed
Girl entranced to work, boy caged to enrich
Witch departs, on return is fooled by bone
Witch gets baked as girl requites, saves own
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Submitted on October 08, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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