This is an analysis of The Highly Respectable Gondolier by William Schwenck Gilbert.
I stole the Prince, and I brought him here,
And left him, gaily prattling…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaaXX cdcCD acAaac cdCCD aXAaab cdCCD aeaaaeXcdccd
- Stanza lengths: 6,5,6,5,6,5,12,
- Metre: 110111111 1111010 00100100101 110010101 1110100100 00101010 10010111 101001110 011011001 11001001101 11001110 1111101001 1111010 1100100101 1100110101 110110001 1101110 01110101 11011110 011011001 11001001101 11001110 110010101 001001110 1100100101 1100100101 100110111 1101010 111111011 0101010 011011001 11001001101 11001110 010100101 0101010 00100100101 1100110101 110010111 00101110 10111101 1101010 011101001 11001001101 11001110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, no, doubt
Anaphora
no, all
Epiphora
doubt
