This is an analysis of Vis Medicatrix Naturae by Alfred Austin.
When Faith turns false and Fancy grows unkind,
And Fortune, more from fickleness than spite,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110101 1101010011 1011010101 1011110101 1101010101 1011010111 1011010101 11010000101 11010100101 1111110101 1011010101 1001010101 1101010100 0101010000
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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