This is an analysis of The Rude Rat And The Unostentatious Oyster by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
Upon the shore, a mile or more
From traffic and confusion,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbXXcd ccXccded fbaXedXfcd fgfgcXfgXXXdXgcgcbdcd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,10,21,
- Metre: 01010111 0101010 11010111 0101010 11110100 0101010 11110111 1111010 01010101 1101010 01010101 0001010 01010101 1101010 11011111 0111010 11111101 1101010 01011101 1101010 11011101 0100010 01010101 1 1 01010 01011101 11011 1 1 01010101 01010 1 1 11011111 1101110 01011101 0101010 11011111 1101011 11011101 0111011 01011101 0101110 010011111 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 46
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