This is an analysis of Miss Edith Makes Another Friend by Francis Bret Harte.

Oh, you're the girl lives on the corner? Come in--if you want to--
come quick!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcada XdedfbXX cghgXeee fececdXd ddbdhaaa Xaaacbeb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110111010100110 11 1111100110111100 1 1101111100110 1011 110111111111011 11 11110101101100 1011 1111111101101 1011 1110010101101110 1 1111010110111011 11 100110010110010 11 11100100101111001 1 111100010110110 11 11111111111101 1101 0111111010110110 1 0110111111100110 1 101111101011110 1001 11101110100101100 1 11101100100111101 1 110011010101111 101 1111111101101101 1 1101100010111111 01 1111100101111110 11 11011101111111011 1 111010111011110 1101 111011001011101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

that, you, it