This is an analysis of Old And Young by Francis William Bourdillon.
LONG ago, on a bright spring day,
I passed a little child at play;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbaA ccaa ddaA
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 101101011 11010111 11110101 110111101 1110110111 111010101 110101101 11111101 11100101 11011101 110110101 1110011101 1010110101 1111001001 101011101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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