This is an analysis of The Vainglorious Oak And The Modest Bulrush by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
A bulrush stood on a river's rim,
And an oak that grew near by…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbXaXbcbX bbbXbcXX dcdcbXXX efefghgh didijgjX bkbk
- Stanza lengths: 10,8,8,8,8,4,
- Metre: 010110101 1111111 1101 10 11 1011011 011010101 1010111 101011101 1101 010010101 1011101 1010110111 0011111 111100101 1111101 111100101 1111 11010111101 1100101 1010110111 1100111 110010111 1010111 011010101 1111 101110101 1110111 110011111 1100101 1011110111 110101 111111101 1101 010010101 0100101 110010111 1100111 011110111 1011101 010111001 1110 1010111101 1111011 100111101 0101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 46
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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