This is an analysis of The Builders by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

Behold, I built a fowlhouse in my yard!
Two months agone the great work was begun,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc aXaXaa dadabb aeaeff babagg chchii cacaaa ajajaa acacjj ccccXi kkkkjj cdcdii lclciXXlclcaa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 0111010011 1110011110 1101001101 1111010111 1011000100 0111111110 0111010101 1111011111 1111010110 1100110010 1111010111 1101111111 1111111111 0101110101 1111011111 1011011101 1101010101 0110111101 1011010111 1111010001 1111110101 1101110001 11110101010 01010111010 1111011101 1101011101 1111010101 1101000101 1101111101 0111010101 1101110100 1101010001 1101011100 0101010101 1111110111 1101010101 1111110101 0101110101 0101010111 1101010111 1111010101 1101110101 1111111101 1101010101 0111011001 1101010101 1111111101 1101011011 1011010101 0101010101 1101010011 1111011101 1101010110 1000010001 1101010111 1111110100 1101011101 1101110100 1111010111 1101110101 1111010101 1101000101 011111010001 1111010011 1111110111 1111110111 1111111110 0101010101 0101010100 1101001101 1001011111 1011010101 1111001101 0101010100 1110010111 0100110100 1001110101 1101010111 1101010001 1101001101 1111010001 1111010001 1111010111 1111010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 84

Repeated words/phrases

i, and, to

Anaphora

and