This is an analysis of The Persevering Tortoise And The Pretentious Hare by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
Once a turtle, finding plenty
In seclusion to bewitch,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcX bdedX fgfghihX ahahgege hjhXiXi XX ghghjdjd ckckXeiX glgl
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,8,8,7,2,8,8,4,
- Metre: 10101010 0010001 10 1111 1010101 1011111 11101110 1111001 10101110 11111010 1110001 10111010 1010101 1111101 10100010 1011001 10101100 00111010 1010101 00101010 1110001 10110101 10101010 1010101 001100010 10100110 1010111 01111110 1110101 1010101 11101110 1110111 1 1101110 10101010 1010101 10101010 1010101 1010101 10101111 1111101 10101011 10111010 1110101 11111110 10010001 1010101 11101010 1010001 10110100 10101111 0110101 11101101 1111101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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