This is an analysis of Smithereens by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

UNCERTAIN-AGED Miss Thereabouts,
Tough fossil of her teens,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XababcXcXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01011101 110001 11010101 010101 10110111 111101 1100011101 110101 11010100 1110111 10110111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12