This is an analysis of Little-Oh Dear by Eugene Field.

See, what a wonderful garden is here,
Planted and trimmed for my Little-Oh-Dear!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddaa eeffaa eeggaa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1101001001 1011111011 1011011011 1101011101 11011001011 10111111011 101111011 1011001011 01011101011 1011011001 11010011001 10001011011 11101011001 01011011011 11011011001 1011111001011 101001011011 1011111011011 01011001011 11101101011 00110101001111 11001001011 11001101011 01101011011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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