This is an analysis of The Hill-Side Men by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
O were my heart a little dog
I'd call it to my side…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaabcdcabdXXcdcacXc
- Stanza lengths: 20,
- Metre: 10110101 110011 01000101 111001 11010101 110111 110101010 010111 10110101 111101 01110111 110100 11011101 010111 11010101 010111 11111111 111111 11110101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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