This is an analysis of Aldermen And Antirrhinum by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
I walked out with an alderman, all on a bright spring day.
He was an august alderman, and much had he to say…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eefXXeXX ffXbeeXa ccXXaagg
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 111011001101011 11110100111101 0111110111111 0111010011001 1101000110101 0111010011111 11010100100101 1101010010101 110100110101 111111011001 11110000101010 01010101011010 10010101101010 01010100111001 111101001011010 1101000010110 1101110110101 1100010110101 11010101111001 1111110110001 0101000110101 1100110010111 1101010110101 1101110111101 11101010110101 11000100110101 1001100011111 0010101101101011 11010101110101 11111110110101 11011000011111 100110101110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
he, and, 'em, not
