This is an analysis of Ailsie, My Bairn by Eugene Field.
Lie in my arms, Ailsie, my bairn,--
Lie in my arms and dinna greit;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaa XbbX Xaca XdXd Xada Xcdc Xece XcXc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1011111 10111101 1101111011 1110100111 1111111 1100101101 1011101101 1001001010 110111111 111110101 110011101 1110111111 110101111 100110111 10100101101 1111100111 111111111 11111111 1111111011 1111001 1100100101 1110111111 1100100111 100110111 10111111 1111101101 011111100 1111011101 111110111 11111111 00110111011 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
my, of, you, and
Anaphora
lie
