This is an analysis of The Peach by Charles Lamb.
Mamma gave us a single peach,
She shared it among seven;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dbdb dXdb eXeX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10110101 1100110 11111101 1011110 11111101 1110110 10110111 0011010 01101101 0111010 111100101 1101010 11110111 1111100 01111111 1100010 110010101 10101010 01000101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 24