This is an analysis of Long Ago by Eugene Field.
I once knew all the birds that came
And nested in our orchard trees;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD efefgdgD hihigdgDXcgcgcdcD
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,17,
- Metre: 11110111 11001101 1100101101 11011111 11110101 11110111 1111011 11110101 11010101 11000101 11010101 110011101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11110101 11010101 11010101 10010101 11010101 11010111 11011101 01111111 11110101 11010001 01000101 10110101 11111110 11000101 10011101 11111101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32