This is an analysis of Cupid Caught Napping by Ellis Parker Butler.

Cupid on a summer day,
Wearied by unceasing play,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddefffe ccXddddd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1010101 1010101 0011101 10101010 1010101 1110111 1010101 11101010 1000101 1110101 1110101 11110110 1010101 1011111 0010101 10101110 11000101 1010111 1011111 10101010 1011101 1110101 1110101 00101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

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