This is an analysis of The Violet Pressed In A Copy Of Shakespeare by Duncan Campbell Scott.

Here in the inmost of the master's heart
This violet crisp with early dew…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaX fafa gbgb chchXegeg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1001000101 010010101 1101010101 010101 1101011101 010010001 10010111001 0101001 1011010101 11011101 1101000101 11010100 10110101010 10011111 01000001010 010101 11000010101 01111101 0101010001 011101001 01110010101 011111 0101010101 010101 0100110001 10011101 100110010101 0101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

and, their

Anaphora

their, the