This is an analysis of Soliloquy by Francis Ledwidge.
When I was young I had a care
Lest I should cheat me of my share…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXa ccccddXX eeaa bbffffgg
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,4,8,
- Metre: 11111101 11111011 01110101 11110101 010111010 11110101 11110101 01110011 100110010 110101010 11011101 11111101 111101010 101111010 11010101 01010101 01000101 10100101 00111001 01011101 01011111 01011101 01110101 01010101 11010101 01011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
i, to
Anaphora
a