This is an analysis of The Tree Of Knowledge by Edith Nesbit.

I PLUCKED the blossoms of delight
In many a wood and many a field,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010001 0100111001 11010111 110101 11110101 01111101 11011111 010101 11110101 010101001 11001101 0101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12