This is an analysis of Baby's Dreams by Isabella Valancy Crawford.

I SAW a fairy twine,
Of star-white jessamine,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccddbeedddd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 110101 011100 0101111101 011101 010101 011101 0010101 0110010111 011 1111 0101001001 011111111 11010111 01011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14