This is an analysis of An Old Umbrella by Christopher Pearse Cranch.
AN old umbrella in the hall,
Battered and baggy, quaint and queer;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaccccddbeeccccddffggffchchhhbbXfeieiaeaefeefibibffaajccjc
- Stanza lengths: 60,
- Metre: 11010001 10110111 110101001 11110101 11010101 01010111 111110101 11010101 01010101 01011101 11011111 110111101 110101101 11010111 01110101 010101001 10010101 11110101 01010001 10110111 100101001 11010100 11010110 01110111 11110111 10011111 01011101 010111011 11010111 110010001 10010101 11011111 01110101 11000111 110000111 11111111 11011101 11000111 110010001 10110001 11010001 11010101 01110111 01011101 110010101 11010001 010001001 11010101 10111111 0100111001 10010101 01011101 01010101 110110101 00110101 01110101 11011101 01000101 11111111 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
Anaphora
his
Anadiplosis
gone
