This is an analysis of Mrs Jaypher by Edward Lear.

Mrs Jaypher found a wafer
Which she stuck upon a note;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbccaabX adbdeeffed
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,
  • Metre: 10101010 1110101 0111101 1111101 1110101 1010101 11101010 11101110 1010111 1010101 10101110 0110011 1010101 11011101 10101010 11101010 0111111 0010001 11101110 110011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

she, to