This is an analysis of Survival by Edith Wharton.

When you and I, like all things kind or cruel,
The garnered days and light evasive hours,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11111111110 01011101010 11010001010 11110101010 0111010111 01010011111 1101010111 1010111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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