This is an analysis of A Tusculan Question by Alfred Austin.
One day as on an ass I rode,
By many a twisting gully,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XXXX cdcd cbcb efef
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111111 11001010 01110101 0101010 01010110 1100011 11110011 111010 01011001 0111010 11010101 1011010 11011101 1101110 11010111 0111010 110011101 1101010 01011111 0100010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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