This is an analysis of James And The Shoulder Of Mutton by Ann Taylor.
YOUNG Jem at noon return'd from school,
As hungry as could be,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcX dXdX eXfX XeXX egfg hicX dchc Xede cacX ceXe dibX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 110110 11010101 1101011 11101111 0100111 110111101 1111011 10010101 1111010 11010101 110011 111011100 111111 111101111 111001 10101111 111101 11010011 110111 11010101 110101 01010010 1100111 11011111 110101 11110101 010101 10010111 111101 11010001 110101 01011111 110101 11011101 101111 01010101 011101 11011111 110111 10000111 110111 01010100 1111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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Epiphora
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