This is an analysis of Lullaby by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Sleep, sleep on Mother's breast,
Child, my child!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcca cbcbddX eaeaaae
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
- Metre: 111101 111 1011101 1010111 1011111 1011111 111111 1111101 111 1011101 10100101 11111011 11111011 111111 1111101 101 1101111 0111101 1011101 0111101 101111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
and, you, fold, my, heart
Epiphora
you
