This is an analysis of The Elf Singing by William Allingham.
An Elf sat on a twig,
He was not very big,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeebCfbfcggCece bbhih ffjij
- Stanza lengths: 6,16,5,5,
- Metre: 111101 111101 110101 101101 11110101 110111 11 11010 110011 011111 11011 010010 11001 01001 11011 010010 01010 01010 010010 11101 111110 11011 0111001 011111 0101001 1101001 011001 10101001 10101 110001 110101111 1101101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
he, you
Anaphora
he, a, it
Epiphora
you