This is an analysis of The Fairy by Charles Lamb.

Said Ann to Matilda, 'I wish that we knew
If what we've been reading of fairies be true.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffddggXXgXXXfX
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11001011111 01101001001 1111010011010 010111110010 11011011011 01001001011 01111111011 111101101011 1110110111010 011010010110 111110110110 111111110010 01101101101 001001001011 1110101011101 11001111011 11111001010 111101001111 01101011001 111111101010 101101111010 101101011010 1010110111010 010010011010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

of, i, her, '

Epiphora

of