This is an analysis of After Our Likeness. by Ada Cambridge.

Before me now a little picture lies—
A little shadow of a childish face,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc ecXe fggf ghhg eeee cffc accaiffi feXfXghhg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,9,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0101100101 1001100101 0111010111 11011111001 0101011101 1011110011 1101000111 1011011111 1100011001 10111101000 1111011101 0101010101 1101110111 1111110101 1001000101 1101011001 0111101001 01010010001 1101010001 1101010011 10110010000 1111010101 1101110111 1011010101 0100110101 0101001101 1111010101 1011001100 1111010111 1011001101 1101010101 1011000101 1011110111 0101101101 0101010101 1111111101 1110011111 0110101100 0101010001 0111100101 1011011111 0111110101 0101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

be, its, i, and, face

Anaphora

the