This is an analysis of The Convalescent Gripster by Eugene Field.
The gods let slip that fiendish grip
Upon me last week Sunday--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaAbAAB ccacaaadda aaeaeeXffX fcXXaaXccX XXfXaAbAAB
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 01111101 0111111 11011111 10101010 1101 0111 0101010 11101 1101 0101010 11110111 1111110 01011110 1101010 0101 1111 0101011 1101 0011 1100011 11110111 1111101 01111101 0101111 0101 0111 0101010 0101 0101 1101010 01111101 1111010 11110111 0100100 0101 0101 0101100 0010 1101 1000100 11111101 1111010 11011101 1101000 1101 0111 0111010 11101 1101 0101010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
to, and, i
Anaphora
the
