This is an analysis of Of The Mean And Sure Estate by David McKee Wright.
My mother's maids, when they did sew and spin,
They sang sometime a song of the field mouse,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aba baX aca Xac ada ded efX fcf cec egX Xhg hch cic idX XeX eie Xbi bjb jij iki kgk gag aca cfX flf ldl djd jdj dXd jiX idi ddd did imi mfm fcfXcbcb
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,8,
- Metre: 1101110111 1111010011 11010100111 1111010101 110110111 0101011101 110101001 1111110101 1111111001 0100110111 1101011101 11110011111 0101111111 11111001 1101110111 1111010101 1011010001 1101110100 1101110101 011111111 0101011110 01011100111 10110110101 1101111111 111100100001 01011101110 1101110111 1111101101 1111010001 1101110101 11010110101 1111100101 0010011101 101110101 0101010111 1001101111 10011011011 11011111101 01001110101 111110111 1001011111 11010101110 1010101110111 1101110111 10011110101 1100110101 0111110111 1101011101 110011011 1001010101 1101010111 0111111101 1001111101 001101101 1101111001 111110101 1110101001 0101111101 01011111001 1101111101 1001111101 1001011101 010011110111 1011010101 1111010001 0101110101 1101010001 110100110011 1101011101 0111111101 1101110111 1110110110 1101101001 1111010101 1101101111 1111111111 11111101001 100110111 1001011101 1101101001 1001101111 1111111111 0101110111 01100111101 1011101011 0110110110 1111110111 01011101010 11111011111 11011101010 1111010111 1111100110 0111111001 01011111010 1010010101 11011001010 1111101001 0111111101 1111010011 1011001011 1011111101 1110001111 1111010111 1101111101 1001110011 1101111000 1101110001 1101010111 10110110111 1111110101 1001111011 0110110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 37
- Lines: 112
Repeated words/phrases
she, and, not, to, her, ', no, with
Anaphora
then, in, and
Epiphora
'
