This is an analysis of Partners by Ellis Parker Butler.

Love took chambers on our street
Opposite to mine;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab acaX Xdcd eeeX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110111 10001 1011101 10101 1010101 10111 1010111 10111 1110111 01101 10101111 10111 1111111 10111 1110101 10100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Epiphora

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