This is an analysis of The Old Apple-Woman by Christopher Pearse Cranch.
A Broadway Lyric
SHE sits by the side of a turbulent stream…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XababXcdcdcdcefefececgfgfhchXhbhbihihgbgbXjXj
- Stanza lengths: 45,
- Metre: 01110 11101001001 11011010 11110101 001001010 11110111 010010010 11110101 010011010 100101101 1001010 11111111 001001010 101111001 1001010 01010101 01101010 101100101 01101110 101110101 111010110 110010111 1101010 01011101 11010110 0111001011 110110010 0010111001 101011100 11101111 01110010 1100110101 01001010 101110101 110010010 1011001101 11001010 01001001001 11001010 1001010001 01110010 10011101 00101110 10010111 1010010010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
of, her
Anaphora
the