This is an analysis of Cicely by Francis Bret Harte.

(ALKALI STATION)
Cicely says you're a poet; maybe,--I ain't much on rhyme:…

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Structure

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  • Closest metre:
  • Guessed form:
  • Stanzas: 15
  • Lines: 62

Repeated words/phrases

and, way, on, ', from, 'cicely, to, i, her, that

Anaphora

and

Anadiplosis

sage