This is an analysis of Unthrift by Coventry Patmore.

Ah, wasteful woman, she who may
On her sweet self set her own price,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11010111 10111011 10110111 11110101 110110101 11011101 11010101 111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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