This is an analysis of Fairy Tale by Katherine Mansfield.
Now this is the story of Olaf
Who ages and ages ago…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb defe XeXe dgdg hiXi jiji kigi flXl iXaX hgfg kbgb dikX kgkg fcXc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 100010010 11011001 111010010 01011001 111110110 01001011 111110010 11101101 1100110100 11101101 010011010 11001101 11011010 11101001 1110111010 11111011 0011110110 11001111 1111011011 11111101 110011110 11001101 110010111 11011101 110010010 11101101 111110010 11001001 111110111 11011001 1111010010 111011011 110010011 11011100 1101011010 100010110 11011110100 0101001 011011010 01101011 11110111010 01111011 1111010001 01011011 111110010 001011101 111010110 110010110 111110110 11011011 010110010 11011101 10110100010 011011111 011010010 011001101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
and, somebody, to, of, her, you
Anaphora
somebody, he, her
