This is an analysis of The Wooden Doll And The Wax Doll by Ann Taylor.

THERE were two friends, a very charming pair,
Brunette the brown, and Blanchidine the fair;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbbccccddcXcceeccffddggbbhXahccccccbbccXXee
  • Stanza lengths: 46,
  • Metre: 1011010101 0101110001 110101010001 1100111100 0101111111 1100010011 1100010101 0101110001 0111010001 11001010101 1100111101 11001100101 0101010101 11110110111 1110110101 0101110111 01000110101 01010100101 0111110111 1111011101 1011010101 0101011111 0111010111 1101010101 1111110011 0101110101 1101100101 0111100101 11011111110 11111111010 11000100010 01111001010 1101010101 1101011111 0101011001 1101010111 1011111101 0111011111 1111110101 1111011101 1111110101 0101011101 0111111101 111100101111 0101010101 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 46

Repeated words/phrases

brunette, she, so, its, and, of, i

Anaphora

its