This is an analysis of Dady's Boy by Jean Blewett.
It is time for bed, so the nurse declares,
But I slip off to the nook,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XcdX EXEF Xege dcdc EXEF hhhh gdgd EXEF dadX bcbX EXEF
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0011110101 1111001 0101101001 1101001 1101101111 1111111 1111011111 1111101 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111 1110100111 1110101 1010001101 1101011 1101101011 0101101 1111111101 1110111 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111 110111101 1111101 010111111 1001111 1101001101 0100111 1011110101 1110111 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111 1101111101 1001101 110111111 1111101 1010101001 1111111 1111111101 1110101 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
i, and, his
Anaphora
she
