This is an analysis of The Broom, The Shovel, The Poker And The Tongs by Edward Lear.
The Broom and the Shovel, the Poker and Tongs,
They all took a drive in the Park,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdBb bebefefeBX bgbgheheBX bXXXfgXgBb
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 01101001011 11101001 111101101101 01111001 101011101001 101101011 11011101001 101101001 101101 111101 1100110001011 111001011 101101011011 101101101 111101001001 101011001 11011011011 111011011 101101 111011 10101101001 10001011 111111101101 111101101 11001011001 11111101 111011011001 01111001 101101 111001 101111001011 11011010 101011001101 101111110 101011011111 01011001 1111010110110 11011001 101101 111011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
they, and, in, with, you, your, so
Anaphora
mr, ah, said
Epiphora
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