Analysis of The dolly



The dolly sat upon the shelf
In the toy makers shop all by herself
The dolly only had one eye
So all the children passed her by.
They scoffed the dolly they weren't very kind
Then a child came in with a dolly in mind.
Her mother led her around the shop
At the shelf with the dolly her mother did stop.
The child reached out and felt for the dolly
The toy maker shouted "dear child I'm so sorry,
This dolly is blind she only has one eye
I've a dolly right here you might like to buy".
"no this is the one" the child said to her mother.
"if I can't have her I don't want any other".
So off dolly went with the child who was kind
And just like the dolly the child was blind.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEBBFFCC
Poetic Form
Metre 01010101 0011011101 01010111 11010101 11010110101 10110101001 010100101 101101001011 0111011010 011010111110 11011110111 10101111111 111010111010 111101111010 11101101111 0110100111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 672
Words 146
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 514
Words per stanza (avg) 139
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Written on December 02, 2023

Submitted by charliefifteen on February 12, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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