This is an analysis of A Paraphrase, By Dr. I.W. by Eugene Field.
Why, Mistress Chloe, do you bother
With prattlings and with vain ado…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 110101110 01010101 1101010010 11001101 110101110 01010011 111101010 11010101 110111010 11111111 010100010 01110110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
