This is an analysis of The Mother by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
LAST night he lay within my arm,
So small, so warm, a mystery…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXba cddc beeb caacXacca
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110111 11110100 01110101 11010111 11111111 01010101 11001111 11111101 11011111 11011111 01001001 11011101 10010101 01111101 11111101 10010101 11011101 11110101 11110101 01110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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