This is an analysis of The Whirligig Of Time by Edith Nesbit.

Before your feet,
My love, my sweet,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ccdbbd
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 0111 1111 011111 1001 0101 110101 1011 0111 111101 1110 0111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12