Analysis of Hi!
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Hi! Handsome hunting man,
Fire your little gun,
Bang! Now that animal
Is dead and dumb and done.
Never more to peep again, creep again, leap again,
Eat or sleep or drink again, oh, what fun!
| Scheme | ABCBDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 101101 111100 110101 1011101101101 1111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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