This is an analysis of Parental Recollections by Charles Lamb.
A child's a plaything for an hour;
Its pretty tricks we try…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcXc dddb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 010111110 010111 11110101 1101101 11111001 110101 11110101 10011 11000101 110101 11011101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
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