This is an analysis of Ode To Stephen Dowling Bots, Dec'D by Mark Twain.
And did young Stephen sicken,
And did young Stephen die?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XXXc dcdX eceX bfbf dggg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1011010 101101 1001110 100101 1111010 110101 1111110 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 0111101 110101 11010111 110101 11110101 110111 01000111 110101 11111101 010111 0101110101 00100011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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