This is an analysis of My Little Boy That Died by Henry Austin Dobson.

Look at his pretty face for just one minute !
His braided frock and dainty buttoned shoes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcC daacc Xeecc dfdfccXbcbccC
  • Stanza lengths: 6,5,5,13,
  • Metre: 11010111101 0101110101 011101001100 11110101101 111011 110111 110010111110 0101010101 111100110101101110101 111101 111111 11110101010 11110010111 1101111111010001010111 1101101 111111 11110111010 1101110101 10110111110 1111111011 101101 101111 111111010010 1011010111 010001101010 1111010101 1111111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

his, i

Anaphora

his, i, and