This is an analysis of Back by Eric Torgersen.

Keep the tale, it's free, just bring the book back.
Eat the fish, but bring the line and hook back.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa ba Xa ba Xa XaXba
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 1010111011 1011101111 111111101 10011111011 1101011101 11011101011 01011011111 11111101111 111111101 1110001001011 1101110101 11010111011 01011101001 11001111111 1110101111 1101010111 1111111100010 11111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

back, you

Epiphora

back