This is an analysis of Outbid by Ellis Parker Butler.
When Cupid held an auction sale,
I hastened to his mart,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cded bcXc fghg hXhX bfhX eibi caXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 110001 11111111 011101 11010101 0111110 01100111 1111010 11010101 111111 01110101 100101 11110111 111111 11001101 010111 111101 010101 01110111 111111 11011101 111101 11000101 0101010 111110101 010111 11110101 111101 11010111 111111 11011101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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