This is an analysis of The Ballad Of A Bachelor by Ellis Parker Butler.
Listen, ladies, while I sing
The ballad of John Henry King.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aA bc dd aa ee dd ff gg gg cc cc ff dd cc fX hh ff cc fX ee cc hh gg dd cb aA X
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
- Metre: 1010111 01001101 11010100 01110111 11100101 110100001 11001101 10111101 11010111 01011111 11110001 11110001 11110111 11010101 01110111 01011101 11111101 11111111 11001101 11110101 11110101 11110101 01010101 01000101 01011101 10011001 111010001 01011101 01111101 011111110 10010101 01011111 11111101 01011111 10010111 11010001 11001110100 010101110 01010101 11010101 11110111 01010101 11010101 01110101 11010001 01010111 11010001 11010101 11010111 11110100 11011111 01001101 0101110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 27
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
to, he, and
Anaphora
and, he, if
