This is an analysis of To Emma Abbott by Eugene Field.

There--let thy hands be folded
Awhile in sleep's repose;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccXXaadbeed XfbbXfggdehhd
  • Stanza lengths: 13,13,
  • Metre: 1111010 010101 01011101 11001101 010011 111111 01111001 1100101001 010 111111 110101 1001 10010 1111010 011111 100101001 11010101 010001 011001 11001101 01000111 11010 110101 111111 0111 110010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

dream