This is an analysis of Marching Song by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Bring the comb and play upon it!
Marching, here we come!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dede fgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10111010 10111 10101010 10101 10101010 10101 10101110 10100 10011010 10101 10101010 10101 10101110 10101 11101010 11101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16