This is an analysis of Béranger's "Broken Fiddle" by Eugene Field.

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There, there, poor dog, my faithful friend,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bCAC X bded X bfgf X hfbf a iXgj a fkgk X bCXC X kgXg X ldjd h glfl a eiai X ljhX XXbcAc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
  • Metre: 1 11111101 111110110 11011111 111111010 1 10101000101 010101010 1101001111 110100010 1 01010101 0101001010 010111001 1111001010 1 11011101 100101110 11010101 011101110 1 101001100 010101100 11111101 110101010 1 11010101 0111010010 11010111 010101010 1 11111101 111110110 1110101 111111010 1 111101110 101101010 11010011 110101000 1 010101001 011000010 11010101 011001010 1 11110111 010101010 01111101 110111110 1 11010101 101111110 11010101 110101010 1 10110011 011110010 101011101 0101110100 1 11111101 11111110 11011111 111101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 26
  • Lines: 77

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