This is an analysis of Children by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

A word will fill the little heart
With pleasure and with pride;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcac ddXd Xeee XfXf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 010101 00010101 111001 111101010 110101 11010101 101101 11110011 110101 11010101 1101001 11011100 111101 11010111 011101 11011101 1101001 01010011 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

how, we, and

Anaphora

how, we