This is an analysis of Whatever Is - Is Best by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
I know as my life grows older,
And mine eyes have clearer sight,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbXXXB cdbddbab XcacdbXB
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 11111110 1111101 110110111 110101 11101010 101001100 111101110 110001 11111010 1110111 0111110 10100101 11101010 0110101 101110010 1110001 1111110 0010101 1111010 1010001 111111110 0010101 111111110 110001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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