This is an analysis of Up And-Down by George MacDonald.

The sun is gone down
And the moon's in the sky…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cded efdf gaga
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011 101001 101011 101011 010001 10011 10101 00101 1101 00111 00101 00111 10010 1001 011010 0111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

it, sure