This is an analysis of Job The Rejected by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

They met, and overwhelming her distrust
With penitence, he praised away her fear;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdaacd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1111010001 0100110101 1101111101 0101011111 1101000101 0101010111 1101000101 1101111001 1111010101 01010101010 11001110101 10110101001 1111111111 01010001010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14