This is an analysis of Country Charleston by Paul van Ostaijen.

Tulip bulbs and bulbs of tulips tulip petals
rose petals…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaXXbbccddXccbbcaeee XccXac
  • Stanza lengths: 24,6,
  • Metre: 101110101010 110 10101010101 10111010 101010 101110 1010111 01110110 11101010 1110110 11 1010001 10011011001 001111001 1101 000100010100 11011001 111101010 11110110 111011001 01010101010 0100 0110100010 0100 01110110 1101 1100001 11111 11101010 10101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

farmers', seen, this, and

Anaphora

farmers', who, and

Epiphora

petals, basses, bugle, now

Anadiplosis

faces