This is an analysis of After A Year by Alice Duer Miller.

YES, you have guessed it. Do not blame me, dear.
Indeed, I did not dream, 0 tender eyes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee cdcd fgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111011111 0110111101 1111100101 1111101101 1101111101 1100011101 1111111111 0101000111 1011010111 0111110011 0101011101 1011110001 1011011111 1101010101 0100111101 1111110101 1101100101 0101000101 1011110111 1011011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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