This is an analysis of Mould And Vase [greek Pottery Of Arezzo.] by Edith Wharton.

HERE in the jealous hollow of the mould,
Faint, light-eluding, as templed in the breast…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabba caacca
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1001010001 11010110001 0111010101 01010101100 0101011001 1011110101 0101100101 1101010101 1101010111 0100010111 1101010101 110011100001 1000011111 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15