This is an analysis of Hurt No Living Thing by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 11101 1011101 110101 11010100 11101101 11011101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7

Repeated words/phrases

nor

Anaphora

nor