This is an analysis of Discovery by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

We told of him as one who should have soared
And seen for us the devastating light…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba ccddee
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1101111111 1111010101 1010110111 1101010001 1110110001 1111010101 0101011101 0101010001 0111111111 1101011101 1111010101 0001110101 1111011111 1101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

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