Analysis of Mouse in the House
Rick Campbell 1957 (St. Louis)
"Mouse in the House"
I once caught a mouse inside my house.
I didn't know what to do with him.
He went for the bait, now I pondered his fate.
His chances seemed pretty dim.
Such a small, tiny thing.
What harm could it bring?
When it's cold, don't we all go inside?
He got caught, but at least he tried.
So I took him outside and gave him a ride
To another warm place that I knew.
Then I set him free by a hollow oak tree
I hope that is what you would do.
| Scheme | AABCBDDEEEFGF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 111010111 110111111 11101111011 1101101 101101 11111 111111101 11111111 11111101101 101011111 11111101011 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 458 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 340 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 96 |
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