This is an analysis of The Sycophantic Fox And The Gullible Raven by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
A raven sat upon a tree,
And not a word he spoke, for…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb cdcdXX efegXb fhfhdX bfbfgg igigjj fkfkgX flflee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 01010101 1101111 01010101 11001100 11010111 11010101 01011001 0101110 11010101 1101010 1001111100 01110100 11111111 010101 01010101 011101 1100110 11011001 11111101 1111010 11110101 1100010 11001101 01010000 01011101 0110010 11110101 1111110 01000101 11010101 11000101 1101010 01010101 1111010 01101101 11010101 11011101 1001010 11110101 0111010 01110101 11011101 01000101 0001010 11010111 1101010 11010101 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
to, he
Anaphora
a
