This is an analysis of Garden And Cradle by Eugene Field.

When our babe he goeth walking in his garden,
Around his tinkling feet the sunbeams play;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbccbcbA DaccacaD
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11111100010 01010010101 01011001 11011101 1101010101 11000101 1101010101 11111100010 11111100010 10101010101 01011101 01110101 1101010101 11010101 0101010101 11111100010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

when, the, and

Epiphora

him