Analysis of Blue-Coat.
His dressing-gown's blue, and
His girdle is red;
He wears a black cap
On top of his head.
He carries a candle
To give you a light,
In case you should ever
Get up in the night.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110110 11011 11011 11111 110010 11101 011110 11001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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