This is an analysis of Lines Composed At Mr. M'Larty's, West Missouri, August 3, 1873 by Thomas Cowherd.
McLarty, I can't leave your house,
Your darling daughter, charming spouse,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeXfggff ddXXeeeeff aaddbb gggg hhggXddff
- Stanza lengths: 6,10,10,6,4,9,
- Metre: 01011111 11010101 01110101 01010111 11010101 11110101 11110111 101110011 11010111 11111111 110111010 10011111 10111101 11111101 01011111 11001111 11111101 11110001 11110111 11010001 111110001 01110101 1100111001 01011101 11010111 11110111 11010111 01110001 01110101 11011101 01110101 01111111 11111101 01111101 01011101 01111101 11011101 01110101 11101010 11010101 11111101 1111001001 11010111 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, we
Anaphora
to
