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

When at home alone I sit
And am very tired of it,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeecbcb ffccaaaXececcc eeccaaggaa aabbhhffhh hhddbbiiccccgg
  • Stanza lengths: 16,14,10,10,14,
  • Metre: 1110111 11101000 1110111 0110101 0110101 0010101 0010101 1010101 1010111 1011101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1010 11000101 1110 0110011 1110111 1010101 1011101 10010011 1011101 1100101 1010110 1110101 111 1010101 001 1011101 1011111 1110111 1100101 1011101 1110111 1010111 1011111 1010101 1010111 1111101 1011101 1010101 1010100 1010101 1110001 1110101 1110100 1110101 1110111 1111111 1111101 1111101 1011111 111111 1111111 1110111 1011101 1011111 11010101 111 1110 010100111 01000101 11110101 1110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 64

Repeated words/phrases

to, and, great

Anaphora

to, where, and, great, a