This is an analysis of Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Up into the cherry tree
Who should climb but little me?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddee aadd ffgg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1000101 1111101 11010111 11010101 11011101 010100111 11010101 11110101 11010101 10011101 01011111 01010001 01110101 10110111 01011101 00010101 01011101 11000101 11010111 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20