This is an analysis of Harlequin by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
The world lay brown and barren at the closing of the year,
Where the rushes shook and shuddered on the borders of the mere,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eebbccXD bbccffXD ggccccdDXffccffdD
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 01111101010001 101011101010001 101011101010101 101110101010101 101100101010101 001110100110101 101111101010101 101110101010101 111010101110101 01010010010101 101110101010101 111010101110101 101010101010101 111010101011001 101111100010001 101110101010101 11010101010101 11010101011101 11010100010101 11010100010101 11011101010111 11010101110101 1010101000100101 101110101010101 101010100010001 101010101010101 101110101110101 101010101110101 1010110111010101 101011101010101 1011101001011111 101110101010101 01010101010001 011101010100101 01111101010101 011010101010101 01010100111101 011111001010100 001110101010101 101110101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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