This is an analysis of The Sparrow And The Hen by Charles Lamb.
A sparrow, when sparrows like parrots could speak,
Addressed an old hen who could talk like a jay:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fgfg hihi XXXX XXXX cbcX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01011011011 01111111101 11101111011 111110011001 11101111001 01011001011 11111011101 0011010011111 1011111110010 001011110110 011111011110 1111110011010 111010010010 01101010011 1110010110110 01001010101 110011010110 101001111101 010010110010 101101111000 1001100001010 111011111011 1110110101100 1011001111001 11101011010010 110110111110 110010110110 01101001101 11001011111 101011111011 11111101111 1001111101011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
you, to, ', us, has
Epiphora
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