This is an analysis of The Author's Early Life by Julia Ann Moore.
I will write a sketch of my early life,
It will be of childhood day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabacdadeefeghih bbebigeg ejkjiaca XdedgeXf gdedkfkl cemembbb ldidilhf ffjfbXfX
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1010101101 0000111 1111010 110101 1111010 1011101 0110011111 1010101 001011011 110111 010001110 1110101 10110111 1010101 10010101111 1000101 111010111 1010101 100110011 110001 110011111 110101 1010001010 011101 11011010 1111001 111001010 011101 1111010 1010111 11101010 110111 11010010 1101001 111101001 1001111 0110100 0110101 1011100010 110101 1011100011 10101101 11101110 11011101 1111010 10011001 10101010 1100101 1111110 0110011 10101010 1111101 111000010 011101 00110101001 00101111 01101101 0111111 011010101 1011101 0110011001 111001 10010111 00101101 11111111 1011101 01110101 010101 11111111 1110110 111001111 1111000
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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