This is an analysis of Ganderfeather's Gift by Eugene Field.

I was just a little thing
When a fairy came and kissed me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccaabbbbb bdXXXbdeedX fgbbffgXXgg aXbbaadbbdX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,
  • Metre: 1110101 10101111 1000101 0010101 1010101 1010111 10111111 0011101 1110111 11101111 10101111 1001111 01111010 1001100 1001100 100110 1110101 10001010 1011101 11111001 10011010 11111000 1000111 10001110 10101111 1110110 1111101 1010101 11110010 1110110 1011011 10001010 10011010 1110101 10101000 10100101 0010101 1010111 1111101 10101010 1011101 1010111 11011010 11101000
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

me, and, ganderfeather

Anaphora

ganderfeather

Epiphora

me