Analysis of Cottleston Pie
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.
Ask me a riddle and I reply
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie.
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
Why does a chicken? I don't know why.
Ask me a riddle and I reply
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie.
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
A fish can't whistle and neither can I.
Ask me a riddle and I reply
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie.
| Scheme | AaAA AaAA AaAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111 011110111 110100101 1111 1111 110101111 110100101 1111 1111 0111001011 110100101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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