This is an analysis of Kittie’s Toys by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
A CHILD'S SONG
[WRITTEN FOR KATHLEEN]…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbcdedcfc fXecXcecfebc Xeacee
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,6,
- Metre: 011 10101 1111010010010 1111010011101 011010010010 011010010101 1111011011011 111011010100 101011011011 101011111111 1111011011001 111011010101 101011011011 10111101011 1111010010010 1111010110101 111011011011 111111110101 1101110110110 1101111110111 1101111111101 1101110111100 1110110110110 11100101010101 1101011011011 11111000010100 1101010010010 1101010111110 1111110110110 1111011010100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
i, soldier, flag, ship, penny, my, house, whacking, ones, johnny
Anaphora
i, marie, gretchen, johnny, when, and
