This is an analysis of Dedication To The Edition Of 1876 To H.J.A. by Alfred Austin.

Three graces still attend me, since the day
Your step across my graceless threshold came:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacdcddcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101110111 10011011111 10011100101 1101110101 1101111111 1101110101 11010101001 01010010111 1101101111 1111011101 1101010101 1111001101 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

reverence