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,…
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