This is an analysis of The Child by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

I MAY not lift him in my arms. His face I may not see--
Are angel hands more tender than a mother's hands may be?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaa XXX bbb ccc
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 11111011011111 11011101010110 11110101110101 01111101110101 11001101010111 10110101010100 11010101110101 11010101110111 01000111010001 111101110111001 100101001111101 11110101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

i, may, of

Anaphora

what