This is an analysis of The Fate Of A Harpist by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

There is women, yer Worship, of various kinds:
An' some of 'em's fluffy a' foolish,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb XcXXcdd aeaeee XXXXddd
  • Stanza lengths: 6,7,6,7,
  • Metre: 101011001001 110110110 11010011011 110111110 1011110111110 110110110010 11111001011 111001101101 11011011011 11011011011 111101001 001101111001 1010010110011 111111011011 11111011000 11111101011 111111111101 1110010110110 111011110010 11111001011 11110111011 111001011111 111110111011 101011001 111011111101 1111110110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

an', as, she, 'arps, me, i, for, 'er

Anaphora

an', wot, she, i