This is an analysis of Bateese The Lucky Man by William Henry Drummond.

He's alway ketchin' doré, an'he 's alway
ketchin' trout…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcab deXXaXcf Xgedge Xdhdf fidjid XihXdidXXifjifj
  • Stanza lengths: 6,8,6,5,6,15,
  • Metre: 1101011110 101 10111111111 111010101111 111 11101011101 10101110111 1101 1111011110 1 101001110111 0111 1110101111 1 1011010101111 1 11111110101 11110111110 111 10101011111 110101111111 01 1010110101110 111 1101110111 1010101101 0101 11011110111 11111101111 0101 11111110101 1101010110110 1 1110101010 1 10111011111 0111 1010101011 0101 110111101010 1 10101111101 1111111011 1001 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 45

Repeated words/phrases

ketchin', 's, alway, de, i, an'