This is an analysis of Bedlam Town by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Do you want to peep into Bedlam Town?
Then come with me, when the day swings down,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXX ddcXXd aadd aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110100101 110110111 000101101 110100101 10100101 101001101 11100111 101111111 10101111 111101011001 0100100111 11001001010 110111111 111010101 010100101 1001001001 0010100101 1111001001 1101001110 0101101010 1100100110 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 26

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