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

Callithumpus Kevin Kerr was a young astronomer,
Rich and handsome, eligible, sound and single,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXeX eccXfXgX gbdXhfgX eaaadhdX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10001011010100 111010001110 11101011010001 001011101010 10011111111001 111010100110 10101110010101 101111101010 10001011010111 10110101010 10111001010101 11000111100 11101110110000 1000101111000 10110011110101 111001111110 100011110100101 11111111010 100011110111001 11000110110 10001111010001 111110111010 11111001001101 11010011010 10100011000101 111110100010 10101011111110 001011111010 10101011010101 101011111000 110011110111001 1111011111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

and, to, he