This is an analysis of Lydia Dick by Eugene Field.

When I was a boy at college,
Filling up with classic knowledge,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccX ddeffe ccghXg ddijji kkXllX iigmmg ccbiib ddkcck XigdXg hhXccm
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11101110 10101010 1001101 10101010 10111000 100100 10101010 1110010110 1110101 10101110 10101010 1010111 11111010 10101110 1011001 11101010 11101000 10101001 11101110 11101110 1011111 10101010 01100010 1010101 111001101 111010101 10101001 11101010 11101010 0111110 101001010 10101010 1110101 11111010 10101010 10101001 10011010 11100110 1011101 10111110 11011010 10010111 10111110 00101010 1010111 11100010 11101010 1110111 10101100 01101010 1111111 00100110 1001010010 10101001 11001010 10001010 1010101 1101010 10101010 0011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

i

Anaphora

those, and

Epiphora

him