This is an analysis of Old Town Types No.17- Mr Bodge The Banker by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
Mr Bodge, the banker, was a power in the land;
His city bank had granted him an autocratic hand;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbbaabb eeddXXaa ddbbffff
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1010101010001 01011101110101 1111101010101 11010111101101 11010101100101 111111111100 11111111010011 1110101111101 11010100010101 1111110001 11010100111011 10111110001 011111010101 1011111110101 11001011101 11011101110001 11110101110001 11011101010101 11110100000101 11110101010101 11010100110101 1111010111111000 11111101100101 11011111110101 11110101110101 11001111011101 11110101110101 01100101110100 11011101110101 01010101110101 111101010101010 110101010110010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, he, on
Anaphora
he
