This is an analysis of Lotty Hay by Joseph Skipsey.

AS I came down from Earsdon Town,
A-lilting of a lay,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XbXb XbXb dbeb dbXb ebbb dXcb bbabXabcb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11110101 010001 10111101 011101 01010101 110101 01010101 110101 11010111 010101 11011101 010101 11010101 110101 11111101 010101 11110111 110101 11111101 011101 11110101 110101 11011111 111101 11111111 111110 01010111 111101 01011111 110101 01011101 110101 01011101 110101 01011011 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Anaphora

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