This is an analysis of The Land Of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson.

When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 11110111 11110111 01110101 101111011 11110101 010010111 01011101 10111101 11110101 11111101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11011111 01010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

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