This is an analysis of Dolly Varden by Francis Bret Harte.

Dear Dolly! who does not recall
The thrilling page that pictured all…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb cccdeXed fffgdddg hhhfcccf fffbiiib jjjbeeeb hhXfkkkX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011101 01011101 11111101 1101010 11110111 010011111 110011101 0101010 11000101 11011101 11111101 0111110 11111111 10110101 011101111 0100110 01010111 11010111 01011101 0101010 110101010 01010101 11011100 011010 01011101 11010101 10110001 0101010 01000101 01011001 01010111 1110010 11010011 1110101 01010101 1001010 11010101 01010101 11010011 1011010 01110101 11011101 11101101 1111010 01001101 11010001 01000111 0100010 110111101 11010101 01010011 1111110 11011101 11011111 11010101 1101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

o, her

Anaphora

o, the, and

Anadiplosis

her