This is an analysis of Uncle Bob by Joseph Skipsey.
OLD Uncle Bob lay on the settle,
At eventide, while on the hob,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdecd eaXa fafa gdddX dXdg hdhd fcfC fCfc ihih jjXj fefe keke XlXl Xmfmf dldl dada FCfc idXd XdXd fdfd ifif icic cdcd FCfc kjkj fjfj cdcd enen dfXf Xojo iaia fCfc FCfc fpfp ifif fqfq hjhj fjfj akao Xgfg kdkd Xomo abaX
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110111010 11001101 111011010 11011011 111011011 01101001 11101100 1 01111111 111110100 11101001 011110110 01011011 110110010 110111001 110010010 01011001 010101011 11 11101011 101011111 11111010 110110110 11011011 1100100110 01001101 0100010010 01101011 110011010 11001111 110011010 11001101 010110110 11011101 111011110 11011101 111010110 01011101 110111110 110111011 110011010 11011111 110111010 01011111 10101011010 11001011 111011110 11011011 1110100110 11101010 111010110 011010010 101010010 110110110 110110010 11001011 111010100 11011001 1101110 11 11011011 110010111 01001001 111110110 01111111 110110110 11011011 010111110 11011011 111011010 01111001 110110110 11011101 0100101010 101001011 010111110 01111101 0011010010 11011001 111011110 01001001 1100011110 01011011 010111010 11001101 110010110 11001001 010111110 01011001 111110110 01111001 010111010 11011011 010111110 11111011 110111110 11111001 111011110 01001001 110110110 11011101 1101100110 010101011 1100011010 11011011 110010010 11011001 111011110 01011011 110010010 11011001 111010110 011001001 110110110 110011011 111010011 11111001 111011111 11101101 111011110 11101111 0101010110 01011011 010111010 01011011 010111110 10111011 111010110 11001011 110110010 01001011 111011110 11011101 111011110 110111011 110110110 11011101 001111010 111011011 111010010 11101001 1110010110 110001011 110110110 11111001 111111110 11111001 111111110 01111101 110110010 11001111 111010110 11111011 111111010 11111111 111111010 11011101 111110110 11111111 010110010 011111110 010101110 11001101 101111110 11011011 100111110 11111111 110010010 11011111 010011010 111110011 101111010 11011111 110110111 01011001 1111101010 11111101 010110010 1111111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 44
- Lines: 179
Repeated words/phrases
her, time, my, we, to, then, would, that, and
Anaphora
the, thus, then, that, and