This is an analysis of Lady Button-Eyes by Eugene Field.
When the busy day is done,
And my weary little one…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaAaAcC ddbbaaXEcC ffeeggXfcC aaXghhaacC bbaAaAXEcC
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 1010101 1110101 1010011 1011101 1010001 1111101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1011111 0110101 1010111 1010011 1011101 1000111 10111010 1110101 1110111 1010101 1010101 0110101 1011111 1110101 1010101 0111101 00100101 0010111 0010101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1111100 1010101 1010101 10010101 1110111 1011101 0110101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010001 1111101 1010101 1010111 10111010 1110101 1110101 1010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
and, chirp
Anaphora
cometh
