This is an analysis of Fairy Land Ii by William Shakespeare.

YOU spotted snakes with double tongue,
   Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab CDDEEFD gXgXXCDDEEFD
  • Stanza lengths: 4,7,12,
  • Metre: 11010101 1011011 1111111 1111101 1000100 1011101 10101011010101 101 1111 1110101 1010101 1010111 11110101 1010111 1111110 1000100 1011101 10101011010101 101 1111 1110101 1010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

lulla, lullaby

Epiphora

lullaby