This is an analysis of The House Was Just Twinkling In The Moon Light by Gertrude Stein.

The house was just twinkling in the moon light,
And inside it twinkling with delight,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXaaaaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01111000011 1010100001 01101 100001001100 0011 111011101 1110100001 0011000011 0101101111 111111111111 1101101001111 010110011110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

twinkling, bless, my, baby, he, and

Anaphora

bless