This is an analysis of Cradle Song by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
What does little birdie say
In her nest at peep of day?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabacccaXaabaccca
- Stanza lengths: 17,
- Metre: 1110101 0011101 11111010 1011101 10101010 11101110 11101010 11101 1110101 0011101 10111010 1111101 10101010 11101110 01101010 1011101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
little
