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

Hey, there! Hoop-la! the circus is in town!
Have you seen the elephant? Have you seen the clown?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccaacc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1111010001 111010011101 111010110101 111010110101 1110100110111 1111010001 111110101 101010110101 1010100010011 010101010100101 10101001011101 111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

seen, have, you, hoop, la, hey, and

Anaphora

have