This is an analysis of Why I Went To The Foot by Ellis Parker Butler.

Was ever a maiden so worried?
I’ll admit I am partial to Jim,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dcac Xefe bXgX bede bgfX cXdX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110010110 101111001 110110011 11101011 111110110 11111001 1110111110 11011010 11111110 111011101 111110110 1111011101 1111011010 111101011 110111010 11111101 1111111010 11101001 1110110110 101101011 111110110 01011101 1111010010 11011101 0111010111 111011101 011010110 111110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

i, to, and, that

Anaphora

and