This is an analysis of Neatness In Apparel by Charles Lamb.

In your garb and outward clothing
A reservëd plainness use;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc Xdcd cbXb XaXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01111010 010101 11101010 1010011 10100011 1010101 10100010 1110101 10111010 1000101 10101010 1010101 1110110 0010101 10101010 1011110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 19