This is an analysis of Advice by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
I must do as you do? Your way I own
Is a very good way, and still,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae ecec afaf gdgd hihiXeaea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1111111111 00100111 1101111001 11011001 11100110111 1010111 1111101101 0110101 1100111101 11111001 010100101 1101001 1001111011 0111111 1110111101 1110101 110111101 111101 110100111 1111001 11101111 110101 110101101 110101 11101101 1100101 11101001 1011001 111111111 1101101 11101101001 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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