This is an analysis of The Things That Matter by Edith Nesbit.
NOW that I've nearly done my days,
And grown too stiff to sweep or sew,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeeacac afafghgh ececdcdc ijijkkkk elelfefeXeaeabkbk
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 11110111 11110111 11111001 01110111 11111111 11011001 11011111 01011101 11111101 11111101 01011101 11011111 110001111 11011101 110111001 11011101 11010111 11010001 11011111 11010101 01010101 01010101 01011101 11010101 10010101 100101001 10010111 01111101 11010101 11111011 101111001 10110101 11100101 01011101 11110111 10110111 10010101 11110101 11111101 11010111 11011111 11011111 11111001 01010111 11010101 01011101 11011111 11010101 01011101 11110101 11010011 01010101 11111101 11011011 11011101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
and, what, your, of, whether, to, you
Anaphora
what, the, whether, i, and
