This is an analysis of Grown-Up Talk by Katherine Mansfield.

Half-Past-Six and I were talking
In a very grown-up way;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XbcX dXXX cdXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111010 0010111 111110010 1101101 1011011100 1110101 101101010 11101010 11101110 1010101 01111110 010111001100 11111110 1001111 100111011 10110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16