This is an analysis of The Aristocrat by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

The Devil is a gentleman, and asks you down to stay
At his little place at What'sitsname (it isn't far away).…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaXdd aaeeffgghhii
  • Stanza lengths: 10,12,
  • Metre: 01000100111101 101011100000101 11010101011101 11011101111111 111010100111001 11110100011101 110101001110001 110100110111100 01010101110101 101000100110101 11111111111101 11111111111101 1010101001111110 010101011111110 111111101111101 11111010111101 10010101110101 101011101010111 10100011110101 1111010111101 1100110111011 101000100110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

and, your, of, you

Anaphora

there, where, and