This is an analysis of What Is Fancy? by Charles Lamb.

SISTER.
I am to write three lines, and you…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcd abcd aebX aebf aghX aghX afXX afXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10 11011111 110101 111111 10 110111011 110111 110011 10 11110111 101111 1101010 10 11111101 11010101 1111011 10 10110101 110001 111111 10 10111111 111101 1101010 10 01101111 1111100 1111110 10 11110100 01010111 1011010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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