This is an analysis of The Washing And Dressing by Ann Taylor.
Ah! why will my dear little girl be so cross,
And cry, and look sulky, and pout?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede bfbfXeaea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11011101011 11111011 01011001001 11101001 11111001101 11111001 11111011101 01011001 001001101111 101110011 001011011111 110001101 00101111111 11011011 111111111111 11111001 11101001111 11111001 11101011111 11100100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
and, be, you, to