This is an analysis of A Valentine by Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake.

A Valentine The Bree was up; the floods were out
Around the hut of Culgo Jim:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcC deXdecC fgfggcX XhXhhcc ijijjcC cXckkcC ababbcX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 010101110101 01010101 01011101 11010001 01100111 010101001 11001101 11100101 010100010 01011101 11000101 110101010 01011101 11001101 10011101 01110101 11010001 10010100 10110001 10011101 011111000 11110101 11010001 01110001 11110101 11010101 01010101 11001101 11010101 11011111 11111101 10110101 11010101 11010101 01001101 11011101 1111010 00111101 10110101 11011111 11010101 01001101 11110111 11110101 10010101 10111101 01110111 11111101 111101000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 49

Repeated words/phrases

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Anadiplosis

soul