This is an analysis of Little Croodlin Doo by Eugene Field.
Ho, pretty bee, did you see my croodlin doo?
Ho, little lamb, is she jinkin' on the lea?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaa acXaaXaccaa
- Stanza lengths: 5,11,
- Metre: 11010111101 11010110101 11010111101 10111010111 1011111101 1111110101 10010110111 11111101100 11101011001 11111011101 11110110101 1111001011 1001001001 11011011001 11110111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
ho, wee, my, croodlin, doo, you
Anaphora
ho, looked, now
Epiphora
doo
