This is an analysis of Pirate Story by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,
Three of us abroad in the basket on the lea.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcXXbdbd
- Stanza lengths: 4,9,
- Metre: 101010011101 101010010101 1100111100001 11110111011111 111010011101 100010110101 1000100010001 01001101110100 111010010101 101011010001 1110101111110 01000101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
in, to
Anaphora
three
