This is an analysis of A Little Child Shall Lead Them by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cded fdfd cgcg chih jbjb jhXX ibdb XcXc ekXkXagig
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10010101 010101 11110101 011111 11101010 111101 11101010 010101 11010101 111101 110111101 110101 01001010 110101 111001010 100111 01111010 110001 11101010 010001 11011010 111101 10101110 110101 10101001010 111101 11111010 101000100 11010010 110101 1111010 111101 110110010 011101 101010101 111101 11001011 110011 11011010 110101 10010101 010011 01111101 010001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
and, her
Anaphora
nor, and
