This is an analysis of The Guardian Angel by Edith Nesbit.

WHEN my good-nights and prayers are said
And I am safe tucked up in bed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eebb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011111 11111101 111100101 11110101 11010101 01111111 10110011 11010101 11010111 01110101 11000101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

my, and, i