This is an analysis of Cup Couplets by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
Out of great wisdom, long stored up,
I would write me a rune of the Melbourne Cup.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaccddXXXXeeXXffggeecc
- Stanza lengths: 28,
- Metre: 10110111 11110100101 100100111 11110100101 0101011101 10101101111 110101101 111001101101 10101101001 0101101101 101001001110 1001110010 101001101011 100101111001 10100110110 0101101111 10100110101 11100110101 10100110101 10100111101 111101101 0011010101 10001001101 10111111001 1100100101 11110111111 111001111 10100101111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
of, with, and, to, but, you
