Analysis of Little Child
Cry little child … yet you don't know why
Crawl, walk, run … but you cannot fly
Mumble … speak … write on the walls
Scream … fight … slam shut the door
Hug … kiss … heart skips a beat
Sad … broken … get on your feet
Scared … trust … take a second chance
Smile … Love … cuddle to the dance
Cry grown up child … now the day has come
Yes … yes … now two become one
Passion … play … a night to remember
Rub … kick … April to December
Boy … Girl … what will you be
Pain … joy … two become three
Small … fragile … greet with a cry
Cry little child … yet you don't know why
| Scheme | Aaxx bbcc xxdd eeaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 110111111 11111101 1011101 111101 111101 1101111 1110101 1110101 111110111 1111011 101011010 11101010 111111 111011 1101101 110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 625 |
| Words | 133 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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