This is an analysis of Guess by Eugene Field.

There is a certain Yankee phrase
I always have revered,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX XaXaadaX dedefdfd aeaeadaX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10010101 111101 11101101 011101 01010001 110101 00010111 010111 01010101 010101 01110111 011101 11010011 110101 10110011 110111 11010101 011101 11010101 000111 110100011 010101 10111101 111111 11001101 110101 110110001 110101 11010101 010001 11110111 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Anaphora

to, no