This is an analysis of Deer by Ellis Parker Butler.

The deer's a mighty useful beast
From Petersburg to Tennyson…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 01010101 01000100 11111101 11111100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4