This is an analysis of Our Town's Comforter by Edward William Thomson.

IT touches the heart of “Our Mother”
with happiness queerly regretful…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcde bfd fg ggcgh g Xigi cifi j gXkaX ak jjf ifjgi djhfeXjcf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,3,2,5,1,4,4,1,5,2,3,5,9,
  • Metre: 010010110 010010010 0111110100 1011011 110110110 111010010 010011010 0111001 110110010 010011010 110010110 01011001 110110110 010111010 110010110 01001001 111110010 011110010 010010010 11101001 110110110 010010110 110110010 11001001 11011110 100011010 110111010 11101001 1110010110 110010000 011011110 11000101 110010010 010111010 111111110 01101011 1110100110 110110110 1110111010 01111101 111011001 0110110110 01001011 101011001 1010010010 111010010 111011110 11011010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 49

Repeated words/phrases

to

Anaphora

their