This is an analysis of A Question by Arthur Henry Adams.

AND so in the death-darkened chamber they met,
The woman that once he had loved and the one he loved yet—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabbbccc aaadddXeefffggg
  • Stanza lengths: 12,15,
  • Metre: 11001101011 01011111101111 011110010101011101 11101101011 101111001001011 101001101001001111 0110010010010 0011010010111010 1010110011011101010 111101011101 11001001111101 11011111001101011 11111011011 101101101111001 01011101011001011 101001001101 111101001111101 101011101001111011 11111001101100 101111111011110 101011101111001111 101111101001 11101011001001 101001101011001010 10001011001 01001001001111 11001011101111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

he, and, his, to, had, across, him

Anaphora

the, and