This is an analysis of Tempora Mutantur by William Schwenck Gilbert.
Letters, letters, letters, letters!
Some that please and some that bore,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaaab Xcddc Xeaaae ceXXce cfXXcX deddde abaaab dgdddg hfXXhf
- Stanza lengths: 6,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 10101010 1111111 11101010 1010010 11101010 1010101 10101110 1010101 10100110 1010010 1010101 1010110 1010101 11101110 10100010 10100010 1111101 11111010 10100111 10101000 10101000 11111010 00100001 11111110 0010101 101010100 101011100 00101010 1010000 10111010 1111101 00111010 00101010 10001110 1010101 11100110 1111101 10101010 11101010 10101100 1110001 10101010 0011101 00101010 11101110 10101010 1010011 10100010 1110101 00101000 11111000 00101010 1010101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 53
Repeated words/phrases
letters, some, that, one, and, her
Anaphora
some, one, for, i'm, bills, news
Epiphora
fetters, tailor, noses, execrated, gartered, rover, forces, taper, uncomplaining