This is an analysis of To A Baby. by Robert Crawford.

I.
Two hands that hold the world in fee,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaBbcbabcBXdedEedXdedE
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 1 11110101 110111 11011111 1111 11010001 110100 10011101 01111100 011101 11011100 1111 1 11111111 111111 11010100 1111 11011101 111110 11000101 11011111 100101 11010001 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

what, until, two