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,…
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

