This is an analysis of The Rich Boy's Christmas by Ellis Parker Butler.
And now behold this sulking boy,
His costly presents bring no joy;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaX X cc
- Stanza lengths: 8,1,2,
- Metre: 11010101 01010111 11010101 11111111 11001101 01010101 01101111 11011100 10 11011101 010010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 11
Repeated words/phrases
his
Anaphora
his
