This is an analysis of Atherton's Gambit by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
The Master played the bishop’s pawn,
For jest, while Atherton looked on;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXcccc ddeeffee aabXgghh iiggeeii XXffiXaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 01010101 11110011 01010111 11000110 11110101 10010111 11010011 01001111 01010101 11010101 11110111 01110101 11011101 11000101 01010101 11010101 10010101 11111111 10010111 110010110 1101010 11110001 01110101 01000001 01011101 01010101 10011101 11011111 01011101 01010101 10110101 00110111 10110110 11110100 11011101 11011101 11001101 0011010 10010101 01010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
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