This is an analysis of Suffer Little Children, And Forbid Them Not, To Come Unto Me by Charles Lamb.

To Jesus our Saviour some parents presented
Their children-what fears and what hopes they must feel!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc XdXd efef XcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010110110010 11011111111 100010111010 110100110001 110110101110 11100111111 11001010010 00101001101 011010110110 11001101111 1111110010110 11101001011 110110110011 01101111001 111010111011 101001101001 110111010110 11011001011 1010010110100 110101011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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