This is an analysis of Rules For The Road by Edwin Markham.

Stand straight:
Step firmly, throw your weight:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11 110111 010010111 0011010011 01 10110101 11010101 1000111111 11 101110111 11111 01010101011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

your

Anaphora

the