This is an analysis of The Precipitate Cock And The Unappreciated Pearl by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
A rooster once pursued a worm
That lingered not to brave him,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dbdbeeeX fgfgbfbX bfbfcbcX heheiXiXXcccchfhf
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 01010101 1101011 01010101 0101011 11010111 1101110 01010100 1100010 11010100 0100010 01011101 1111010 01010111 1100010 11110001 1101111 01011101 0100010 11110101 1101110 01011101 1111010 11010101 0101010 11010101 0101010 01010101 0101010 11110101 1111010 11010101 0101010 01010101 1100010 11011111 0100010 11110101 01001110 00010111 01010110 01011101 1101110 01110101 1101010 11011111 1100010 11110101 010110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
