This is an analysis of Would You Believe It? by Ellis Parker Butler.

One year ago I wished that I
A banker great might be…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbXb bcac baXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011111 010110 00101010 1010100 0101110 00101010 111101101 0101110 0101110 0010001 10101011 1011111 0101110 110111 11110101 1110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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