This is an analysis of Heine's "Widow Or Daughter?" by Eugene Field.

Shall I woo the one or other?
Both attract me--more's the pity!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXca dadX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11101110 101110010 10001010 10101010 11111010 10111111 11011010 101011110 11101001 10101010 1011101 11101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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