This is an analysis of A Child by William Ernest Henley.
A child,
Curious and innocent,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcX decdXXeXffX acbebX
- Stanza lengths: 4,11,6,
- Metre: 01 1001100 10011010 1001001 101011 100110 100100010 10010 10101110 010010 1100111 001001 101111 10010010 1101 1101 10110110 11111 100010011 001011001 00111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
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