This is an analysis of The Toy-Maker by Padraic Colum.

I AM the Toy-maker; I have brought from the town
As much in my plack as should fetch a whole crown,…

Browse poems by Padraic Colum

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaab cccd eeed fffX gggh fXcX fffbXeeeh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 110110111001 11011111011 10111111001 1101011 101101001101 01011011011 01001101101 110101110 11101011011 001001011011 01101001001 101011010 1111101101 01101001111 010011001001 1011011010 101101001101 101101011101 111011101001 1010011011 01101111001 110011110 01101011010 110011010 11011101011 101101101101 101101101101 111011111 11011001011 11011111111 11111011011 101011000
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

and, or, of, needn't, i

Anaphora

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