This is an analysis of Overheard In A Conservatory by Alice Duer Miller.
HE (after a pause) : Dear, are you angry?
SHE: Yes, though not at you,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbccddbbddeeddddffaaddfbbccaabXbbbdbdeeXfgg
- Stanza lengths: 47,
- Metre: 1100111110 111111 1111011101 11010101 1101011 1110010111 1111111101 1111010101 101001111000101 10101110111 11000011011111 1111100101 11010001011000111 0100011111 0111110101 0101010111 1101110111 1101111111 1101110101 0101101111 0101110101 1111001101 11101010111 11011111101 1011101001 1111111011 1100001011 1111111 1111011101 1111011111 1111010101 1010001011010011 1111010111 1111111111 1101010 1010100 1101010001 1101011101 0101111101 1101 1100111111 1010111101 1001110101 11111011100 1101110110 11111111110 11000011110011010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 47
Repeated words/phrases
i, that
Anaphora
you
Anadiplosis
you
