This is an analysis of The Society Upon The Stanislaus by Francis Bret Harte.
I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is Truthful James;
I am not up to small deceit or any sinful games;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccdd XXaa eeaa ffcc ffff ccee ggcc aabX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 101110101110101 11110101110101 111010101110101 11110100010100 11110110010101 11010101010101 10010101000101 01111101010111 11010101110001 101110100110100 11000101010101 111010101010001 11110101110101 01111100110101 11110110010001 11111111110011 11110101111111 011101101101001 11010101010101 11100010111101 111001101010101 01010011110101 11010100110001 01110111010101 11010101010101 01011111100010 111010101111101 101000101000111 1011111010010001 00110010001001 101111100110101 101011101010100 10011101010101 111110101110101 111010101110101 11110100010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
i, for, to, of, he, and, in
Anaphora
i, and
