This is an analysis of The Cradle by Henry Austin Dobson.

HOW steadfastly she worked at it!
How lovingly had drest…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa abXbXabab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 11101110 110011 01010101 110101 110011110 001111 11010100 010101 11110101 110101 11011101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

how

Anadiplosis

it