This is an analysis of Palabras Cariñosas by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

GOOD-NIGHT! I have to say good-night
To such a host of peerless things!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcdcee XXXaXfdfee
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,
  • Metre: 01110101 01010101 01100101 11000101 01011001 01011101 01100011 11010101 01011011 11010101 11010111 10111110 11110101 01111101 11010111 11110101 11111001 01110101 11110111 111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

good, night, to

Anaphora

good, you