This is an analysis of The Little Boy, The Wind, And The Rain by Madison Julius Cawein.

Sometimes, when I'm gone to-bed,
And it's all dark in the room,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXcdcdceceX X bfbffbfgfgheheX
  • Stanza lengths: 15,1,15,
  • Metre: 0110101 1011001 1111101 1010101 1110111 100101100 1110111 1010111 1111101 1110101 11101010 1111101 11101110 0010001 1111101 1 0110101 1010101 1010101 1001101 1011101 1010101 11111011 1110111 1110101 1001001 11101010 1111101 10101110 1010101 1111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

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