This is an analysis of Another Dark Lady by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Think not, because I wonder where you fled,
That I would lift a pin to see you there;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba caabcb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1101110111 1111010111 1111010101 1111111101 1111010001 1111010111 1101000101 1101010111 1101111111 0101011101 1101111111 1111111001 1111010101 111101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

you, i