This is an analysis of A Baby's Feet by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

A baby's feet, like sea shells pink,
Might tempt, should heaven see meet…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaB babXabaB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,8,
  • Metre: 01011111 1111011 11010111 0101 1111100101 111111 11111111 110110111 1111001 11111001 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

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