Analysis of Inscription For A Grammar
Christopher Morley 1890 (Haverford) – 1957
There were two cheerful pronouns
And nought did them disturb:
Until they met, out walking.
A conjugative verb.
The pronouns, child, were You and I,
We might as well confess;
But, ah, the mischief-making verb
I leave to you to guess!
| Scheme | XAXA XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011010 011101 0111110 011 01010101 111101 11010101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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