This is an analysis of An Expostulation by Clive Staples Lewis.

Against too many writers of science fiction
Why did you lure us on like this,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeeaa ffbbgghhii
  • Stanza lengths: 1,10,10,
  • Metre: 011101001010 10111110 111111001 10111111 100110100 01010111 01111101 11100100 11010011 11011110 011011001 11110111 10110111 01110101 1101000101 10111111 101101001 11010111 11011111 10111111 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 21