This is an analysis of Lines To A Portrait, By A Superior Person by Francis Bret Harte.
When I bought you for a song,
Years ago--Lord knows how long!--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddefffe bbbfgggf eeehiiih jjjjhhhj jjXckkkc cccallla
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1111101 0011111 1111101 1110 1010011 1110101 0110111 1010 0110101 1011101 1011101 1011 1111101 1110101 1111101 1111 1110111 1110111 1011101 1010 1110101 1110111 1011101 0010 0010111 1110101 1011111 1110 1110101 0110111 0010111 1110 0011111 1110101 1111101 0010 1110101 1111101 1111101 0010 1010111 1011101 1011111 1111 11111010 11111010 10101110 1011 1110101 1110111 1010111 11110 1111101 0111101 1111101 1110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
i, they, other, have, and, my
Anaphora
other, and
