This is an analysis of A Dialouge by Alice Duer Miller.

HE: I am in trouble, give me your advice.
SHE: No, for I'm sure 'twould not be carried out.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdefeccfdgdgXbXcbbchbhh
  • Stanza lengths: 27,
  • Metre: 11101011101 11101110101 10111011101 1101100101 10111010101 11 110 101111 110 10111101 110101 10111 1011110111 1101010101 0111111101 0101010011 11011 1100101 1001001 11101 11111 101101 1011010111 10111010111 11 111010101 0111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

she, her