This is an analysis of A Child's Laughter by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

ALL the bells of heaven may ring,
All the birds of heaven may sing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabccccb ddddbeeeebXccccdddddd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,21,
  • Metre: 10101011 10101011 10111101 1011111 111010 1011111 1010101 1011101 1010101 101110 1111011 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010010 1111111 1010101 1010101 1010101 101110 1010101 1011111 10110111 10100101 111110 0010101 0010011 1011101 1011111 101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

all, may, of, and

Anaphora

all

Epiphora

light