This is an analysis of To My Godchild Alice by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.

ALICE, Alice, little Alice,
My new-christened baby Alice,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdbacad AaeXXeAcac AafggfAcac Aafhhfacad
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
  • Metre: 10101010 11101010 1110101 00111011 001001010 011001 10101010 1010110 01100110 0011100 10101010 11101010 1010011 01101010 1010101 00101 10101010 1010101 01111010 1110111 10101010 11101010 1010101 11001010 11111010 10101 10101010 1010111 01101110 1110111 10101010 10111010 0010101 11111010 01101110 00101 10011010 0010011 10101010 1100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

alice

Epiphora

alice