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

Who wants a nice white elephant,
Quite fit in wind and limb?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcdAd Aaeacfaf AegghhfhXafafdada
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,17,
  • Metre: 11011100 110111 11001101 111111 01110101 1110101 11011100 111111 11011100 110101 01111101 101101 11011111 010111 11011100 010101 11011100 0101001 01011100 100100 01011111 111111 111010111 1110111 11011100 110101 11111011 110001 11111111 110111 10110101 111100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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