This is an analysis of The Expert And The Apricot by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

The orchardist, with hope aglow,
Sets out a crop of fruit to grow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcddXXc eeffcaaddc bbbbXgghhc ddffcXdcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
  • Metre: 01000101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11101011111 11010100 11110101 11111101 011101010 10101010101 11010101 010010101 01110101 01010101 1101011001 11110101 11010101 11000101 01011100 101010100101 01001001 11111111 0111011 11011101 1111010100 11010101 11001001 10010101 11110101 101010100101 10110011 11010101 11010101 11111111 1101010101 11010100 11010111 11001111 11011110 10101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

or, and