This is an analysis of At The Last by Edith Nesbit.

Where are you--you whose loving breath
Alone can stay my soul from death?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccceeccc
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11111101 01111101 01111101 11110101 01110101 11001101 11010101 01111101 11011111 11111111 110101001 11111111 01010101 10011111 11011111 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

you, i