This is an analysis of Adele by Ameen Rihani.

Adele ! a name that kindled in the breast
Of France's first-born of the fairest Muse…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbababaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110001 0101100101 0101010101 1101011001 1111010101 0111011101 1111110101 1110011101 01110111110 0101110011 01010111010 1001010111 01111101110 01111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, i, and