This is an analysis of Frank And His Little Bank by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

When he was quite a small boy, Frank
Was fond of useful playthings;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbb adadeeXf ghghiifX aXabaajj bjcjiiff kikiiiXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11110111 1101011 11110011 1111011 01000101 11011111 11011111 01000101 11010111 1101110 11010001 0101010 11111011 11010101 0101111 11010101 11011101 1101010 11011101 1111110 10111111 11011101 11111111 11111100 01011101 1010000 10111101 1111010 11011101 11011111 11010011 10100100 11110101 1100010 01010101 0101010 01010111 01010101 11010111 11010101 11010101 1101010 11011101 1110010 10011111 11010101 01010101 01110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 53

Repeated words/phrases

he, and, to

Anaphora

and, he