This is an analysis of The Ballade Of The Automobile by Ellis Parker Butler.
When our yacht sails seaward on steady keel
And the wind is moist with breath of brine…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXBbbbB abaBbbbB abaBXbbB X bBbB Xb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,1,4,2,
- Metre: 1111101101 101010101 1110101011 11100100101 10100001110 1101101101 10011001101 1110100101 11111011011 0011101111 1010110101 11100100101 111111101 00100100101 010100111 1110100101 1010110101 1111100101 1011100111 11100100101 1101000110 001111111 110110111 1110100101 10 11111101 11100100101 1110011001 1110100101 0101110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 31
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