This is an analysis of Sister's Cake by Eugene Field.
I'd not complain of Sister Jane, for she was good and kind,
Combining with rare comeliness distinctive gifts of mind;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc dXeeee aaffcc ffeeaa ggffhh ffeecc hhddii ddjjffXddjjcc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 11010101111011 010011000010101 11010011111101 11010101010101 11110101110111 010001010101001 11010101110111 1000111011111010 110010101110111 11010101010101 11011101010101 01001101111101 11010100110101 010100001100101 010101010101101 010010111010101 01010101010101 110111010110101 110100111010011 01011101010111 11010101010101 11010111110101 11010101110101 111010101010101 110010101010111 01010101010101 0111010011101 101011101110111 01111101010011 11110100110100 01001101010111 110010101111101 11110101110001 10011101011111 11010101010001 110101010111001 11010001111101 11111101010101 11010101010101 0101100010111 01110101010111 110101001010111 11010101110110 11010101110111 11011100110111 1101110110101 11111101111111 11010101111101 11010100010111 01010100110101 11011001110101 11101010110101 111011111111111 01111101010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
to, and, of, for, sister, i, her, i'd
Anaphora
the, and, of, i'd
