This is an analysis of A Ballade Of Waiting by Archibald Lampman.
No girdle hath weaver or goldsmith wrought
So rich as the arms of my love can be;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXbabA aXaXbabA aXaXbaba XXbabA
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,6,
- Metre: 1101101111 1110101110 1100100101 10111101100 110010101 0110100101 1110101110 0011100111 1110100111 11001110 1110100111 1010010100 1110100101 01011001011 111100111 0011100111 1110100111 1010011100 1110100101 101110100 110100101 100110101 011111111 1011100111 10 1110111101 110100101 1110100111 0011100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
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