This is an analysis of Archibald's Example by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Old Archibald, in his eternal chair,
Where trespassers, whatever their degree,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXd XeXe bece XaXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101000101 1100110101 0111011101 0101011101 1111010111 0101110100 1111011101 1101111111 1100110110 0111100101 0111111111 0100110101 1111010101 0111110101 1111101111 1101110101 11110111101 1111110001 1101010001 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
they, that
Anadiplosis
so
