This is an analysis of Battle Bunny (Malvern Hill, 1864) by Francis Bret Harte.
Bunny, lying in the grass,
Saw the shining column pass;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabccbbdd eeffee gghheeijijccbX ffeegghhjj ikXkhkhkjj ffcckk Xaagg
- Stanza lengths: 9,6,14,10,10,6,5,
- Metre: 1010001 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1000111 1100001 1010001 1010111 1011101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1110101 10100101 1011011 1011101 1001001 10001101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1011111 10010101 1010111 1010101 1110101 1110111 1010011 1010101 1010001 0010111 1100111 1010101 1011101 1000111 1010100 1010001 1010101 1010111 10000101 0110101 1100101 1111101 1011101 1010111 10100111 10001001 1110101 1010101 1011101 10101001 1010011 1010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
saw, his, all, and
Anaphora
saw, all, wiser
