This is an analysis of Jim by Francis Bret Harte.

Say there! P'r'aps
Some on you chaps…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaab cdcXceed fbfbe ccgghddh aijba XdkkXlld bcjjmmc jjijXeb cXbc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,8,5,8,5,8,7,7,4,
  • Metre: 111 1111 1111 1101 1111 0101 1111 1101 1111 1011 1011 1111 1011 1011 1011 1111 1111 1111 101 1011 0111 1111 1101 1101 1011 1111 1101 1101 1 0111 1 1101 1111 1101 1011 11011 1111 0101 11101 1111 1 1101 1111 1111 1011 1011 1011 1101 1111 1 1111 1101 1111 1 1111 1100 101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 58

Anaphora

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Anadiplosis

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