This is an analysis of My Boating Song by Horace Smith.
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Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbdbd dEDE X fgfgghgh dedE X didigggg deDE X jfjfbgbg dEDE a jejebkbkXdede
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,4,1,8,4,1,8,4,1,8,4,1,13,
- Metre: 1 10100100010 01011001 111111010 01111001 1111110110 11110011 1011011010 11001001 011110110 111011011 110010010 11011001 1 1011010010 11011111 110010110 11101001 110010110 11101101 111010010 01101001 1010110110 11001101 1110010010 11011001 1 111011110 000101001 1011010110 010111001 110110110 11001001 1011010110 010010001 1011110110 11011111 110010010 11011001 1 1011011110 11011111 110111010 111111011 1111010110 101001101 1011010110 11111101 01111110 111011011 110010010 11011001 1 111111110 01111101 110110010 101001001 1011110010 11101101 1011111010 11001011 1011010110 01011001 1011010010 111011001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 65
Repeated words/phrases
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