This is an analysis of Kate O'Belashanny by William Allingham.

Seek up and down, both fair and brown,
We've purty lasses many, O;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdbebBBEB dcecacbcBBEB cbfbXcfcBBeB acacXbXbcbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,
  • Metre: 11111111 11010101 11111111 01110001 11011101 11110101 11110101 11110101 010110011 010010101 10111101 11110001 11010101 01011101 01010101 11010101 01011111 11011101 01011101 01000101 010110011 010010101 10111101 11110001 11110101 10110101 01111101 01011101 11110111 110100101 01011111 11110111 010110011 010010101 10111101 11110001 11011101 11011101 11010111 11110101 11011111 11111101 01111111 11111001 11111111 010010101 11110111 01110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the