This is an analysis of Sonnets 01: We Talk Of Taxes, And I Call You Friend by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

We talk of taxes, and I call you friend;
Well, such you are,—but well enough we know…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacXXccc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011111 111100010111 1101111101 1101111101 1101011111 01110111101 1101011101 1101111101 110111101 0101111000 0101011100 0101010101 0100011101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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