This is an analysis of Hi-Spy by Eugene Field.
Strange that the city thoroughfare,
Noisy and bustling all the day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fefe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 101100101 10010101 11010101 11111111 11011101 11011111 10010101 01111101 0100100101 100010111 11010101 11110001 1101100101 11001101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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