This is an analysis of "A Little While, A Little While..." by Emily Jane Brontë.
A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX Xcdc efef dgdg faXa gbgb fhfh gdgd aiai jajaXbdbd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01010101 01010101 11111111 01111101 11111011 11110111 111111 11111101 10011101 11011101 10010101 10011101 01010111 10011101 11110111 11110101 01110101 01110001 011101100 11011101 11110101 0100100101 10010101 11011001 01010111 11010101 01010111 0101001001 010111111 11111111 110010111 11110101 11011101 11010101 1101011001 110101001 111101110 01110101 111101010 01110101 1011101001 01011111 110011101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
i, while, what, so
Anaphora
what, the