This is an analysis of Corporal Schnapps by Henry Clay Work.

Mine heart ish proken into little pits,
I tells you, friend, what for;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdc eXXX XeXeefXf XgXgfhcX Xafafdhd XaXacdbd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1111000101 111111 1101110101 1101111111 1110110011 11011111 1111111001 111110101 11101111001 111111010001 111110 11110 1111110011 111101 1111110101 110010011 1111111101 111111111 1111010011 111111 11011110101 011111 111011111101 111111101 11011110101 110111 1101111011 110010 1111110011 111111 1111011111 110101 1111001011 1101011 1100110101 111111 101001110111000 111111 1101110101 111111111 0101110101 011111 111111011 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

i, der, you

Anaphora

i

Epiphora

pehind