This is an analysis of The Bibliomaniac's Prayer by Eugene Field.

Keep me, I pray, in wisdom's way
That I may truths eternal seek;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbebeaaaabfbfagag
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11110101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11001101 11010111 01010101 01010101 01101101 11010101 11010111 11010111 10110101 01101001 11011110 11000101 11010001 11110111 10110111 111011101 11010100 101100001 11011101 110101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

i, of

Anaphora

of