This is an analysis of One Dull Man by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

Why did you play your spade in there? (said she).
I can't think why you don't take care (said she).…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeefa aaffgghhaabbhhffXafaXaaha
  • Stanza lengths: 14,25,
  • Metre: 1011110111 1111111111 1111001001 11110111 11101101 11110100 11110111 10011101 11110111 11110101 11110111 010101101 11111101 1101010111 10111111111 1111111111 10111101 11010111 11011101 10010111 10111101 11111111 11010101 01011111 11111111 01010000 11111011 111101101 10111101 10010111 01010100 10010111 11110101 1111010111 0111110111 1101110111 11110111 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 38

Repeated words/phrases

you, i, said, she, and

Anaphora

you, and

Epiphora

she, he