This is an analysis of A Child by Arthur Henry Adams.

Little wisp of wonderment,
All the world your doll!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABaAabAB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1010100 10111 1000110 1010100 1110101 10101 1010100 10111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8