This is an analysis of Der Mann Im Keller by Eugene Field.

How cool and fair this cellar where
My throne a dusky cask is;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbbcddc eeceecXcfc XaXaggcffc
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
  • Metre: 11110101 1101010 01111101 1101110 0101 0101 11000110 1111 1101 1101010 0111 0101 0111010 1111 01001 1111110 010011001 0111010 11011101 0101010 11110111 0111111 11110101 1101011 1101 0100 1001010 1111 1101 1101010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

drinking, i, more