This is an analysis of My Playmates by Eugene Field.
The wind comes whispering to me of the country green and cool--
Of redwing blackbirds chattering beside a reedy pool;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabb aaaacc bbddaa ddeebb ffbbgg
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 011100010010111 01010100010101 01110100011101 111011011010101 111010100011101 101011100110001 11010101111101 11010101110101 11010101100101 101011101010101 10011101111101 11110011111111 11010101010101 11110111110001 11010101110101 110111010110111 11010101010111 11111101110111 11011101010101 11010111011101 11111101110101 11010100010101 01011011110101 10101110010101 11010101111111 11010101111101 11111111111111 11111101010001 11011101110111 11101111110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, they, my, her
Anaphora
and, they
