This is an analysis of Riddle #2 by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.

This creature, though extremely thin,
In shape is almost square;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbXcXccXc defeagegdeXeefXf
  • Stanza lengths: 12,16,
  • Metre: 01010101 010111 11011111 110101 110001111 111110 01010101 1110111 01011101 110101 01010111 010001 01001100 110101 11010101 110101 11000111 010101 01011101 110101 11010101 1000101 11110011 110101 01010100 111101 01110010 1110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 28