This is an analysis of The New-Born Infant by Charles Lamb.

Whether beneath sweet beds of roses,
As foolish little Ann supposes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbaab ccdeed aafddf ggchhc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 100111010 110101010 010001100 01000101 11010011 10100001 110101001 11011011 100010011 01111101 01010101 00110111 10010111 111001001 11110011 11010101 010101110 010100110 11011111 110100010 110111110 11100101 001111010 110110110 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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