This is an analysis of Grandmother’s Teaching by Alfred Austin.
``Grandmother dear, you do not know; you have lived the old-world life,
Under the twittering eaves of home, sheltered from storm and strife;…
Structure
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- Stanzas: 25
- Lines: 150
Repeated words/phrases
and, you, old, good, he, his, it, i, your, new, to, of, have, me, that, in, my, nor, as, through, not, she, we, fewer, duty, round
Anaphora
he, the, your
