This is an analysis of Reuben Bright by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Because he was a butcher and thereby
Did earn an honest living (and did right),…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cbcbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 0111010111 0111010101 1111111101 1101011111 1111110111 1110110111 1110110111 1101010111 1101111111 0101010101 1101011111 1100010111 0011111101 0001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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