This is an analysis of Mr. And Mrs.Spikky Sparrow by Edward Lear.

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On a little piece of wood,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccddaaa X bbeeffggaaa X bbhXbbiiAaa X hhXdbbggaaa a jjjjggddaaX a ggkkggllaaa X XgXXjjddAaX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,
  • Metre: 1 1010101 1010101 1010111 01001111 1010101 0011101 1000101 0010101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1010101 1010011 1010101 1010101 1110101 11111111 1110101 10111101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1111101 1011101 1111111 10010101 1010111 1110111 1111111 11110101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 11101110 11111110 1111101 11111010 1111101 1100001 11111010 11101010 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1111101 1111101 10100010 11101111 1010101 11110101 1110111 1100101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1110101 10010100 1111101 0010111 11101110 10101010 01010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1110101 1111111 11011111 110100110 11111111 1110101 111111110 111111010 1010101 1010101 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 90

Repeated words/phrases

wikky, you, i

Anaphora

'and