This is an analysis of The Cow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011111 110111 11110101 010101 11010111 111101 10010101 010101 11110111 1101010 11010111 1101110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

all, with, and

Anaphora

and