This is an analysis of Envy by Charles Lamb.

This rose-tree is not made to bear
The violet blue, nor lily fair,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbb ccdbbd eeaffa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01101101 010011101 101100 10010001 110101001 010111 11011101 01110111 1101010 11010101 10110001 0011010 11011101 11010000 1100101 01110111 110100111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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