This is an analysis of Lesley by Jean Blewett.

From the little bald head to the two little feet,
You are winsome, and bonnie, and tender, and sweet,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaB aaaB aaB cccB ddB eeeB
  • Stanza lengths: 3,4,3,4,3,4,
  • Metre: 001011001101 111011011011 11101111 11001011001 0100111001 11111011111 11101111 101001001101 011001011001 11101111 110111001001 101101111011 110010010001 11101111 11011111011 01011010011 011111111 0111111111 01111001001 01111001111 011111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

and, you're, thing, you, because

Anaphora

because

Epiphora

thing