This is an analysis of Doctor Of Billiards by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Of all among the fallen from on high,
We count you last and leave you to regain…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaab ccddcX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 0101010011 1111111001 1101000111 11100100100 1100010100 1011111101 1001111011 1111000100 1101010101 1111111111 1111110001 1111110101 11111000101 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, you, and