This is an analysis of The Broken Ring by Eugene Field.

To the willows of the brookside
The mill wheel sings to-day--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccbbdeed faXagbeb Xeaaegfddf
  • Stanza lengths: 10,8,10,
  • Metre: 00110011 011101 111 10101 100101 11001111 011101 01101 10101 11100101 1110010 010111 100101001 110101 1110010 0100101 11011101 10111001 1101010 110101 0111 00111 111101 1111010 1100111 111101 00111 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 28