This is an analysis of To Charles Lloyd: An Unexpected Visitor by Charles Lamb.
Alone, obscure, without a friend,
A cheerless, solitary thing,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb dede Xfcf egcg haha hifi aXaf ceXe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 01010101 11110101 110010101 01011101 11011011 11010101 11110101 010100001 11111101 10010110 010101001 10010101 11110101 101101101 11011101 11110101 11010101 1111011 01010111 01110101 010010101 11001101 10111101 11010101 110101010 01010101 11011101 11011101 01011100 11110011 11001111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 39
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