This is an analysis of The Sitter by Shel Silverstein.

Mrs. McTwitter was the baby-sitter
I think she's a little bit crazy.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1010101010 111010110 110101001 0101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Repeated words/phrases

baby