This is an analysis of A Lullaby by Eugene Field.

The stars are twinkling in the skies,
The earth is lost in slumbers deep;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcceX fgfghdhheX bibigiggiX
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
  • Metre: 011100001 01010101 11111111 11111101 01110101 11010101 01011101 01110101 11001101 11001100 01010001 01011101 01011101 110100101 11010101 10010111 11110101 01011111 11111101 01001100 10010101 11110101 11010111 01010111 11111101 11010111 01110111 11010101 01011101 11001100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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