Analysis of Ninny nanny netticoat
Helen Beatrix Potter 1866 ( West Brompton, London) – 1943 (Near Sawrey, Lancashire)
Ninny nanny netticoat,
In a white petticoat,
With a red nose,--
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.
Scheme | AABCB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Lanturne (40%) |
Metre | 10101 00110 1011 01011 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 105 |
Words | 20 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 26, 2023
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