This is an analysis of The Bottle Tree by Eugene Field.

A bottle tree bloometh in Winkyway land -
Heigh-ho for a bottle, I say!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBabbacccBXB babaabcccBXB
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 01011001001 11101011 01101011101 11001011001 101011011111 11001011101 1101111111 11001011001 110111011 11011011001 111011111010 11101011 01011011111 1111001 11011111101 11001011001 11001111101 11101001 111101001 01001101011 1101111011 11011011001 111011111010 11101011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

bottle, me, and, for, cuddle, tree