This is an analysis of To Charles Lloyd by Charles Lamb.

A stranger, and alone, I past those scenes
We past so late together; and my heart…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdcedaffXXbbggaXeXa X
  • Stanza lengths: 22,1,
  • Metre: 0101011111 1111010111 1101010111 0111011101 1101010111 1101111111 1110011111 0101000101 0111010101 0101011111 0111010101 1110110101 0011011101 0101011101 1011010111 1111111111 1101011111 10011001001 1101011011 1111011101 1111011011 1011100101 101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 23

Repeated words/phrases

and, to, of, i, his

Epiphora

him