This is an analysis of Listen, Elaine! by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
Listen, Elaine. Tho' I'm not mad on racing,
I like a little flutter now and then;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcbcb XdXdcbcb aeaefbXb fgfgagaXg
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,9,
- Metre: 10011011110 1101010111 11011110100 0100111111 0111110011 1101111101 1101011101 1111110101 11110111110 1011011111 01110110010 1101011101 01110111110 0111101111 11010111010 1101110101 110101111010 1101010111 11010011110 1001111101 11111101110 1101010011 1111010110 1111010101 10110111010 1110011101 01110111110 1111110101 11111111110 1101010101 10011110010 1101011 101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 33
Anaphora
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