This is an analysis of A Joyful Song Of Five by Katherine Mansfield.

Come, let us all sing very high
And all sing very loud…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc Xdad XXXX bede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 111101 11110001 011101 11110001 111101 11010100 111101 11010111 111111 10010111 111111 1101101110 10101001 10111011010 1111010 110011101 110101 11010111 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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