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?…
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