This is an analysis of The Abbreviated Fox And His Sceptical Comrades by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
A certain fox had a Grecian nose
And a beautiful tail. His friends…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabacdcd eacabeXe afaX XedXX XgbgfdXX aXXX Xcac
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,4,5,8,4,4,
- Metre: 010110101 10100101 010100101 00100101 010110101 0111101 1110111101 1110111 111100101 0101001 111001001001 1101101 011110101 0110111 1011100101 11111001 010100101 1101101 11111 111 11111010 1011110101 1100101 111111101 1100101 110010101 0100101 110101001 1011111 1011111101 10100111 111010111 00101111 1010101101 00100101 111111101 1111101 01000001001 0100111 011111111 10101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
he
Anaphora
the
