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;…
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