This is an analysis of The Glow-Worm To Her Love by Edith Nesbit.

BENEATH cool ferns, in dewy grass,
Among the leaves that fringe the stream,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh iiii
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 01011101 11010101 111111 11010111 110100101 11010111 010101 11111111 111111010 11111101 1101010 11110111 110010111 11111101 1100101 11100111 11111101 11111111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

i