This is an analysis of Song By The Window Before Bed by Katherine Mansfield.

Little Star, little Star,
Come down quick.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABccAB AXddAX ACeeAC
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 101101 111 0100101 11110011 101101 111 101101 10100 0111101 11110111 101101 10100 101101 111 0101101 01011101 101101 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

little, star

Anaphora

the