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

Through all the pleasant meadow-side
The grass grew shoulder-high,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fbfb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111 011101 1010101111 110101 11110101 110101 111010101 110101 10111101 110111 01101101 1100111 11010101 110111 001010101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

mount

Anaphora

oh