Analysis of Dear cousin



My baby cousin, oh so sweet
With tiny hands and little feet
A precious life, a joy complete
My baby cousin, oh so sweet

I'll watch you grow and guide your feet
With love and care, I'll never cheat
My baby cousin, oh so sweet
With tiny hands and little feet


Scheme AAaA aaAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010111 11010101 01010101 11010111 11110111 11011101 11010111 11010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 257
Words 52
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 26

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My baby cousin(s)

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Written on March 03, 2023

Submitted by jenisa_c on May 12, 2023

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