This is an analysis of Away To The Well by Joseph Skipsey.

AWAY to the well lilted Annie—
Away with her skiel to the well;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cdXdXabab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 010011010 01001001 010011010 01101001 110011110 01001011 110011110 01011101 110011110 01001011 1010110010 01111001 111010010 11111001 110010110 11101101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

away, to, well, pale

Anaphora

away