This is an analysis of Ph. Best & Co.'s Lager-Beer by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
In every part of the thrifty town,
Whether my course be up or down,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabCdX eeffee ffffaX ddgghX eeCbdd iijjaa ccddhh kkddcX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 0100100101 10110111 011101101 100101111 0111111 101011011 111111001 00100111011 0010110101 1101001101 011100101 110111101 10110101101 0010011101 1100100101 111111101 000101001 0110100111 1010010101 001011111 11001011001 100110111 1011100101 111101111 110110111 0101101111 100101111 010101101 011111111 010100101 11110111 111011101 1010010111 111011011001 110111111 110101101 110111101 1111111101 110110100 01110111 0100100101 1101100101 1100100101 10100110101 11010101 1010111101 111111101 1110111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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