This is an analysis of To Ellen Terry by Alfred Austin.

Nay, bring forth none but daughters: daughters young,
The doubles of yourself; with face as fair,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacdcddc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 0100100111 1011011101 111101001 10110010011 0101010110 1111011101 11110100011 11010010001 01010111101 10001011101 1101000111 10101010101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

as, your, thus, be

Epiphora

life