This is an analysis of The Joy Of Childhood by George Darley.

Down the dimpled green-sward dancing
Bursts a flaxen-headed bevy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10101110 10101010 11111010 101001010 10101010 11101110 100101010 11101010 10101010 10110010 11111100 11111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12