This is an analysis of Song Composed For Washington's Birthday by Henry Timrod.
A hundred years and more ago
A little child was born --…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc abab dede
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01001101 010111 01010101 110011 11111101 010101 010001001 111111 11010101 011101 11010101 011111 01100101 0101001 11111111 111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
as, and
Anaphora
a
