This is an analysis of Although No Stupid Scoffer by Alfred Austin.

Although no stupid scoffer, I
Am wholly at a loss…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded afaf bgbg cfcf ghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 01010101 110101 11010101 010111 11110111 110101 111101101 110101 10010101 010001 11110101 011101 10110101 110101 11011101 111111 11011110 110101 010111010 100101 111101110 111101 11111101 011101 11011101 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

they, you