Analysis of Disobedience
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down
to the end of the town,
if you don't go down with me."
James James
Morrison's Mother
Put on a golden gown.
James James Morrison's Mother
Drove to the end of the town.
James James Morrison's Mother
Said to herself, said she:
"I can get right down
to the end of the town
and be back in time for tea."
King John
Put up a notice,
"LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED!
JAMES JAMES MORRISON'S MOTHER
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISLAID.
LAST SEEN
WANDERING VAGUELY:
QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD,
SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN
TO THE END OF THE TOWN -
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!"
James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Other relations
Not to go blaming him.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he:
"You must never go down to the end of the town
without consulting me."
James James
Morrison's mother
Hasn't been heard of since.
King John said he was sorry,
So did the Queen and Prince.
King John
(Somebody told me)
Said to a man he knew:
If people go down to the end of the town, well,
what can anyone do?"
(Now then, very softly)
J.J.
M.M.
W.G.Du P.
Took great
C/0 his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J.J. said to his M*****
"M*****," he said, said he:
"You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of -the-town-
if-you-don't-go-down-with-ME!"
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 100100 100101 11 11110 111101 1111110 101111 111011 101101 1111111 11 10010 110101 1110010 1101101 1110010 110111 11111 101101 0110111 11 11010 111011 1110010 111101 11 10010 110101 11111 101101 101001 11 100100 100111 11 10010 111101 11 11110 101111 111011101101 010101 11 10010 101111 1111110 110101 11 1011 110111 110111011011 11101 111010 1 1 11 11 111 11110 11111 11111 111011101101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,374 |
Words | 274 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 10, 11, 11, 10, 11 |
Lines Amount | 64 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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