This is an analysis of Oh, Oh Rosalie by Lesbia Harford.

Oh, oh Rosalie,
Oh, oh Rosalie,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AAbACCcADDdAEEeaFFfAGGgAAbbA
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 11100 11100 111101 11100 11101 11101 011101 11100 11101 11101 111101 11100 100101 100101 110111 01100 11101 11101 111101 11100 11111 11111 110101 11100 11100 111101 111101 11100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

oh, rosalie

Anaphora

oh, i, many

Epiphora

rosalie, fine, store, thought, days, you, me