This is an analysis of He Lived At Dingle Bank by Edward Lear.
He lived at Dingle Bank - he did; -
He lived at Dingle Bank;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdd acXcee afffgg aeXeXc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11110110 111101 10010111 110101 10010111 01010101 01110100 010011 11010101 010001 10011111 11010101 11110110 010101 11000101 010101 110100111 01000101 10011110 110001 110100001 101101 11011110 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
he
Anaphora
he
