This is an analysis of Ole Kate by Ezra Pound.

When I was only a youngster,
Sing: toodle doodlede ootl…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bcdX beXe cfXf Xfdf Xada
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110010 11101 11110101 111011 11010101 000101 11010110 010100100 110101001 10101011 1000111 11011001 11101111 110001 1011001111 1101101 111010 11011001 110011010 110101 1001010 1100101 11101110 00110100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

stairs

Anaphora

and