This is an analysis of The Perfect Present by Arthur Henry Adams.

SO I have kissed you! And this hour is mine.
Its light along the level future lasts,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbXcddXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11111101001 0101010101 0101010001 1111110101 01111011010 01001110101 01001111110 0011111110 11111101110 1011010100 0011001100 1001011110 01010010110 0111011100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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