This is an analysis of Twenty Years by Francis Bret Harte.
Beg your pardon, old fellow! I think
I was dreaming just now when you spoke.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bcbbc dedde fffff gagga hihhi
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 111011011 111011111 01001001 001111101 01011001 111001011 101001111 111011101 01001001 001101001 101011101 101011011 101011001 111001111 111001001 111101011 11111001 11101111 11101011 11011101 11011111 101011111 11101001 000111001 111011111 100101011 100111001 101111111 101011101 11101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
i, and, that
Anaphora
and, twenty, all
