This is an analysis of On The Jail Steps by Eleanor Agnes Lee.

I've won the race.
Young man, I'm new!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gdgd dgdg bhbh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101 1101 1101 0101 1101 1111 1111 1110 1011 1111 1001 1101 1111 1101 1101 1101 1101 1111 1011 1111 1111 1011 1111 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

she, who

Anaphora

and, she