This is an analysis of The Bow-Leg Boy by Eugene Field.
Who should come up the road one day
But the doctor-man in his two-wheel shay!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaX bbccAAX ddbbAAX cceeAAX XXaaaaa aaffaaa
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 11110111 1010100111 11101111100 111110111 101101 1010101 101101110 11101111001 111011101 1111110101 110010010001 1001101 1010101 101101110 01001101001 111010001001 1110100101 101011010001 1001101 1010101 101101110 1110110111 100100110 11111111011 1011111101 1001101 1010101 101101110 0010110101 1110001111000 1010111001 011010100111 01101 010101 0110111 0100101111 00100100111 11110101101 11010111 101101 010101 0110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
such, boy, little, he, and, what
Anaphora
such, and, what, the, a
Epiphora
boy
