This is an analysis of Cobbers And Quids by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

Is youth not less pedantic, less absurd,
Less prone to value things of little worth…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaXcfcf adadaeaX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 0111010101 1101010101 0100110101 1101000101 1111111101 1111001101 11001110101 1101100101 1111010011 1101010111 1101001101 0111011000 0101111101 0101001101 0101010101 1100110001 1001010101 1101010111 1101010111 1001000101 1111011101 0101010011 1001011101 11010101000
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

less, and