This is an analysis of Seventy-Nine by Francis Bret Harte.

(MR. INTERVIEWER INTERVIEWED)
Know me next time when you see me, won't you, old smarty?…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 47

Repeated words/phrases

you, i, and, to, it

Anaphora

'twasn't, and

Anadiplosis

you