This is an analysis of A Little Boy Lost by William Blake.

Nought loves another as itself,
Nor venerates another so,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba acdX dcbc eeXX dFbf XcFc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 10010001 01010101 11011111 11001101 11110101 11110101 01111101 010011101 11110101 110100101 11010101 11010111 11110111 01110100 01011101 01010101 11100101 11101101 11100101 11010101 01010101 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

nor, and, the