This is an analysis of At The Party by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
Half a dozen children
At our house!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbAbXacA dedecfdf cAgafche chbhbiiX gbdbiXdX ajXjdkdk Xdidclgl XdmdbagX cjdjaaga gcaeXbmX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101010 111 101010 10101 101011 11101 101010 001 101010 111 101010 10101 101010 10101 101110 101 111110 001 0111010 00101 10101010 00100 101010 110 1101010 11 111011101 11001 111010 110110 101110 101 111010 101 1011110 11111 111011 10101 011111 111 111111 101 101011 01111 101011 11111 10100011 111 111010 101 111011 10001 0101010 11101 101110 111 100110 011 111110 10001 111010 001110 1101010 1010 101010 101 101010 10111 101010 00101 1101010 101 111100 100 101010 11101 0100110 010011 0101100 1010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 89
Anaphora
quiet, to, the
Epiphora
it
