This is an analysis of Good - Better - Best by Ellis Parker Butler.

When young, in tones quite positive
I said, "The world shall see…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX cbXX Xcac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011100 111111 11111101 0011010 11111111 111101 101000100 1001010 11010001 110111 11010100 11110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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