This is an analysis of When Ida Puts Her Armor On by Ellis Parker Butler.

When Ida puts her armor on
And draws her trusty blade…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbXdXd Aedefcec agdghidi Ajfjjhhh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 01000111 010101 01010101 110101 11010101 010111 11010101 011101 01010110 010101 11010101 010111 11011101 0100001 11010101 011001 11010111 010101 11010001 0101110 1101001 1100110 11010101 101101 01000101 010101 11101101 100101 11011101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

her, she, and

Anaphora

the, and, a, so