This is an analysis of Lullaby by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

SWEET and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the western sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBaabX cDcDccdX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 111111 100101 11111 100101 10010101 10010111 110101 11101111011 111111 1001011 111101 1001011 1001001001 10111001 100101 11101111011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

low, and, , rest, sleep

Anaphora

father

Anadiplosis

blow