This is an analysis of In The People's Park by Edith Nesbit.

Many's the time I've found your face
Fresh as a bunch of flowers in May,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefdede
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 10011111 110101001 101111111 10100101 10011111 1010100101 110101001 1111001 10011101 100101001 110110101 0110111 1100101001 111111101 1110101001 1101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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