This is an analysis of Shepherds All And Maidens Fair by Edith Nesbit.
PIPE, shepherds, pipe, the summer's ripe;
So wreathe your crooks with flowers;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabaacXc deeebcdc ceeebcXc Xfbfceae
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010101 1111010 01010111 0111010 0101001010 111101 11011101 1101101 11010101 010111 11110101 110111 11111111 110111 11011101 011101 11010101 110111 11111011 111111 11110101 110111 100010101 110111 11100100 111101 11010101 110111 11111101 111100 11111011 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
for
Anaphora
the, too, you, and
Epiphora
hours
Anadiplosis
you
