This is an analysis of This Tattered Catechism by Katharine Lee Bates.
THIS tattered catechism weaves a spell,
Invoking from the Long Ago a child…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacdcdcX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101010101 0100010101 11010111100 11000010111 1011011110 11010101101 1111010101 1111001101 1001010101 1001111111 0111110111 1101011111 1101010100 1101110100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
