This is an analysis of Opposites by Katherine Mansfield.

The Half-Soled-Boots-With-Toecaps-Child
Walked out into the street…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Abcb Adcd Aede Afaf Agdg AcXc Aaea Abeb adhdXabhb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 011010101 110001 11010101 111101 01010101 1100001 11010101 111101 011010101 010111 11110101 110101 01010101 010111 10110101 110101 011010101 111001 11010101 110101 01010101 110101 11011100 010101 011010101 111111 11011101 110101 01010101 111101 11010101 110111 111010101 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 110110 01110011 111100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

at, my

Anaphora

she