This is an analysis of Go, Little Book - The Ancient Phrase by Robert Louis Stevenson.

GO, little book - the ancient phrase
And still the daintiest - go your ways,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eebb ffgghhiih aaaiiaacc hhjjee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,9,6,
  • Metre: 11010101 11010111 11110111 11110101 1111101 10111011 1011101 11010101 11111111 1110111 11110111 01110001 10100111 01110101 10110001 1101101101 11010101 10110001 01001001 01110101 11111 101 11110101 11110001 01010101 01111101 010101001 01010101 11010111 11010011 1111101 11010101 10111111 1111110111 01100111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

her, by, and, of

Anaphora

by, the