This is an analysis of Aaron Stark by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Withal a meagre man was Aaron Stark, --
Cursed and unkempt, shrewd, shrivelled, and morose.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcaacba ddecce
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 100111101 11011100101 0101100101 1111010001 0111110101 1111111101 11010110111 1001010001 1101000101 1101110101 0101110001 1101110001 01010010101 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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