This is an analysis of Carnival Time by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

Now is the season of Carnival.
Who's for the sunlit course?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbXaX adedcfef acecdedX aedegege
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 100100100 110111 110101001 101101001 11011101 101111 110010100 100101 000100100 10100101 01011111 111101 11011101 1100101 1010011111 1011101 111010100 101111 10101001000 011111 11010101 10100101 111110111 111111 11010100 110101 11111101 011111 110100111 1100101 010101011 001001001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

of, who, galloping

Anaphora

who's, who, and