This is an analysis of The First Tooth by Charles Lamb.

SISTER.
Through the house what busy joy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddeebbffgg ahhbXffhhiiffahjjffii
  • Stanza lengths: 15,21,
  • Metre: 10 1011101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1111111 11111111 1111101 1110101 01011111 0010101 11011011 01010101 101110010 01111110 10 10111101 11010001 0010110 0110100 00011001 10101001 1010111 1100101 1110101 110101001 1110011 1010111 1000100 1110101 1110101 1110101 11011001 1110011 1011101 01010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 37

Repeated words/phrases

all, it

Anaphora

so