This is an analysis of Singing by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Of speckled eggs the birdie sings
And nests among the trees;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 110101 01010111 010101 01010101 010101 01000101 010001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

in

Anaphora

the