This is an analysis of To A Tulip-Bulb by Edith Nesbit.

SLEEP first,
And let the storm and winter do their worst;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbcXacddeecc ffgggcaachhiijj
  • Stanza lengths: 15,15,
  • Metre: 11 1101110111 110101 100101 0111011 0111 101100 011101 101101 100111 111111 111111 110111 0011011101 1101010101 11 0101110111 010111 011101 110111 1011 111100 0100101 011111 110101 110111 110101 1100100 01110110111 1101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

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