This is an analysis of To Ferdinand Seymour by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.

ROSY child, with forehead fair,
Coral lip, and shining hair,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffgghh bbii ddbbaaffjjbbiikkcc XhaallmX bbnnmmffooff
  • Stanza lengths: 10,6,4,18,8,12,
  • Metre: 1010101 1011101 0110101 1010101 11111010 101101110 10111001 00100101 1111101 1010111 0110111 1111101 11101010 100001010 1010101 0011101 10101001 1111100 1000101 1010100 1010111 1000101 10110001 0010101 1011111 1011101 1001101 1010111 1010001 0011101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1110111 01010101 101001010 100101010 10111000 10001011 1110101 1111101 1011101 11011101 10010101 0100100 1110100 1110101 1110101 1011111 1010111 1001101 1001101 1110001 1111111 0011111 1111101 11110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 58