This is an analysis of Ben Apfelgarten by Eugene Field.
There was a certain gentleman, Ben Apfelgarten called,
Who lived way off in Germany a many years ago,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcccccc dcdcaaaaaa cdcdaXaaaX eaeaffXaXX cacXddd
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,7,
- Metre: 11010100110001 11110100010001 11110100010101 1111010111 110101 111101 111010101110101 010101 1001101 11011101110101 01000101010101 11011100010101 01010101010101 00101010111 1111101 0010101 11010100011101 010101 1010101 11010101100101 11001001010101 101011101010101 01100101110101 10101010001 1010101 101101010 111001010110011 110011 1010101 001110100001001000 111111111101001 010101010010011 11010101010101 01110111010111 1010001 1010101 010011101001011000 1010101 11111010 1101011101110 111010101110101 110011101010001 11001100010101 11010101110100 110111 0010001 01011001011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 47
Repeated words/phrases
very, they, bald, of, that
Anaphora
and
