This is an analysis of The Broken Doll by Charles Lamb.
An infant is a selfish sprite;
But what of that? the sweet delight…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXee ffggddee bhaaddhhffXiddjjii
- Stanza lengths: 10,8,18,
- Metre: 11000101 11010101 100101001 01010111 11010101 11110101 11010111 10010100 01011101 11010101 11110011 11111111 100101110 100101010 01000101 11000101 11010111 11010001 10010100 01010000 11010001 01010101 10010101 10010011 11011101 01010001 11010101 00110111 010111100 010011001 10011101 11010111 01010001 11010101 11010111 01000101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 38
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