This is an analysis of "Booh!" by Eugene Field.

On afternoons, when baby boy has had a splendid nap,
And sits, like any monarch on his throne, in nurse's lap,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcX ddXXcX XXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11011101110101 11110111010101 01111100110111 11001100110101 10011100011101 11111111111100 01010101011101 11011101111111 11010111110101 1101010101010100 11111111010101 11110101111100 111101010100111 0101010111001100 11011101100100 00110101101111 1001111111111 011111110101100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

and, stared, i, it

Anaphora

and, but