This is an analysis of Only A Slight Flirtation by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
‘Twas just a slight flirtation,
And where’s the harm, I pray,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb ccdc Xcec fcdc ageg hifiXheae
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1101010 1100111 0101011 110101 0111011 011111 1111110 110111 1101010 110101 1111010 110101 1100011 010111 1111010 110101 1101010 110101 1111110 011101 0111010 010111 0101010 011101 1101010 100101 1111010 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
her
Anaphora
they, a
