This is an analysis of How Rudeness And Kindness Were Justly Rewarded by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
Once on a time, long years ago
(Just when I quite forget),…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccdddd efefggffgX hihicciiii bdbdfXffaX fhfheXbbff bhbhXXeXXf cgcgccbbXX jcjchhccaa XXjjhh
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,6,
- Metre: 11011001 111101 11010101 111101 01110011 01001111 01011111 01011111 11110101 11111111 01110101 110101 11010111 111101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11001101 11010101 01010111 01111101 010101 11010001 110101 01001101 11011111 11111101 11010111 11111101 11011101 11011101 010101 11110111 010101 110010101 111100110 11010101 01010001 11010101 01010010 010101001 010001 01011111 111101 111100111 01110011 11011111 11010101 11111101 11111101 01010101 110101 01011111 111101 11010101 01011101 01011111 01011111 111101000 11110101 11010101 110111 1110001 010100 10011111 11110101 11011101 11011111 11010110 11011101 01010101 111101 111100111 110101 01111101 01011101 10010101 11010111 11111101 010010001 01000101 1101110 110101101 01110101 11111111 01110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 86
Repeated words/phrases
and, she
Anaphora
and, the
