This is an analysis of Dutch Lullaby by Eugene Field.

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe,--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdcXXXE fbfbdcdXcXXE bgbgececcXXE hehehchccXXE
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,
  • Metre: 10101111 1100101 110100101 000101 101110111110 011101 1110110101 11001001 101011110 110 10 11 01111101 11100101 101110111 100101 010100101 11001001 1011101011 11010110 1101001001 10 10 11 1111111 101001001 1100110101 1001001 1111100101 100110 11111101101 01011001 1111101001 10 10 11 1011011101 1100101 101011101 0011101 11111101 0100110 111101001 11110101 1011101001 10 10 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

sailed, and