This is an analysis of An Exception by Ellis Parker Butler.
In all romances, old and new,
And in all lover's rhymes…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010111 101101 11111111 110101 01010101 011101 11110101 110101 11110101 111011 11110101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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