This is an analysis of Cruel Anna by Joseph Skipsey.

LITTLE Anna, cruel elf,
Spite of all my reason,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcDED cDED dfdfXfXf G hXhXiXif G fjfjekek G difiblclXG
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,8,1,8,1,8,1,10,
  • Metre: 1010101 101110 1111011 011010 101101 101010 101101 1110010 10101101 101010 101101 1110010 1010101 101110 1111101 111010 1111110 101110 1111001 111010 101011100 1111101 110110 1110101 101110 1111001 101100 1010101 101110 101011100 1111111 101110 1000111 101110 1110111 101010 11010101 1001110 101011100 101101 101010 101101 111010 111111 001010 11111111 1101010 101011100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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