This is an analysis of Father by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
He never made a fortune, or a noise
In the world where men are seeking after fame;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaccbd ececccd fgfccgd chcaahd ijiiijjd
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,8,
- Metre: 1101010101 00111110101 11101010111 1101011111 111110101 11111011101 10 1100010101 01101011111 10111010101 1010111101 11101011100 11101010101 01010 1101010011 11101010001 1100010101 1110110011 11101110101 11101010011 010 1101110101 11101010101 11101010001 00100110111 11111111001 10101110101 10 11101010101 00101010001 10111010101 10111010101 10101111101 10101010111 10101110101 1110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
he, and, his
Anaphora
he