This is an analysis of Sly Boy by Jean Blewett.
I was the slyest boy at home,
The slyest boy at school,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb defe egcg hici Xgdg DCAX eheh Xjkj efhX cjej DCAXXbkhk
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1101111 01111 11010101 111111 11110111 110011 11010101 011101 11011101 110111 11011101 000101 11111101 0101001 11111111 110101 11111101 110101 01011101 110011 11110101 111111 11010111 111101 11011101 011111 11110101 010101 11111111 110101 11010011 110101 11111101 110101 110011111 1101110 01110111 111111 11011101 001101 11110101 111111 11010111 111101 11110111 111101 100011011 101101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
i, nor
Anaphora
nor, i
