This is an analysis of His Bit by Katharine Lee Bates.

GALLANTLY swung the old carpenter up to his door,
Drums and fifes in his tread,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXeXefefX
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1001011001001 1110001 110110101101 101101 1101101011011 100101 1010111011111 100101 110111101010 11010001 1101101111111 110101 110100110101 111111 100011010111 0101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16