This is an analysis of Be Kind When You Can by Eliza Cook.

Be kind when you can, though the kindness be little,
'Tis small letters make up philosophers' scrolls;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh Xdgd bibi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011111010010 11101110001 010010010110 11001001011 1101100100010 11011101001 111111001010 11101001011 1111010110010 111101110001 010110011010 101111001001 111010110110 11101110010101 1111011010010 01101001101 011011111010 11111011001 10100101010010 010001101011 1011110010010 11101001001 1010111011010 101001011001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

be, 'tis, that, in, by, of, for

Anaphora

'tis