This is an analysis of Teddy O'Neale by Eliza Cook.

I've come to the cabin he danced his wild jigs in,
As neat a mud palace as ever was seen;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbX dededcXX bfXfdcdX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110010110110 11011011011 10100010110110 01011111001 111010110110 11111011011 1100110100010 111011011010 111111110110 11011111001 1111011110010 11011001011 110110010110 01011111001 110110110110 111110110100 1110011011110 101011111101 1111010110110 01111101111 111010010110 11101001111 0111110110110 11111101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

all, i, my, to

Epiphora

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