This is an analysis of The Travelled Oyster by John Kenyon.
An oyster, upon oozy bed,
Like his forefathers, born and bred,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbXccddeecc ffgXhhddii ggaaccdXeecc jjXeeii
- Stanza lengths: 15,10,12,7,
- Metre: 11001101 10110111 010110111 11011101 11110101 11010101 11110110 01010111 01010100 11110011 11111111 11110111 11011111 01011101 11011101 110111110 110101110 11001101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11111111 110010001 01010101 11100001 11011111 110011110 11010101 11110011 11110101 01011111 110101010 010101110 100111110 011110010 110011111 11010001 11111101 11010101 01000101 11111101 11111101 11011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 43
Repeated words/phrases
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