This is an analysis of Phaedra by Edith Wharton.

NOT that on me the Cyprian fury fell,
Last martyr of my love-ensanguined race;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cacXaa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 11110100101 11001110001 11110100101 1111010111 1111010111 1001111101 1101010001 1111010101 1111111101 1111110111 0111110101 1101011001 1011111101 01110100011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

not, my, that

Anaphora

not