This is an analysis of Marksman Sam by Marriott Edgar.
When Sam Small joined the regiment,
'E were no' but a raw recruit,…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaba cddd eXfg ehaX Xiji aiei ehjX faXX ebab Xkdk fjhj ecec XXeb iXiX aeee Xaea digi befe XXXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110100 10110101 1111011101 110101 111110111 1100111 101011101111 1110101 01011101 11001110 1100110111 1101010 1000111011 111101 1110111011 10101101 1010100101100 01011110 10100111011 1010110010 11001001111 111110010 0100101111 1110111010 1010100101 1010111 1010110110011 1001010100 111101011101 110101 1011110101 01101001 1100101101 011101 11100100101 011111 111100111 11101111 1111100101 10110101 111011111 110101 110110101 110111 1110111011 10101111 10111111001 110011000 101011010100 11101010 0111100101 10100101 101001110101 1111010 10101011101 100010010 11011101 1110011010 1110110101 00111110 111011001010 10101011 10111011111 0010111 11101110101 1010110010 1100100111 11010010 01011001001 11011110 11101111111 111111010 101010101 101011 0101101 111111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 19
- Lines: 76
Repeated words/phrases
bull, and, got
Anaphora
and