This is an analysis of Miniver Cheevy by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,
Grew lean while he assailed the seasons;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb aeae fafa gdgd eeeeXeded
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10010101 111101010 11111101 11110 10010101 110111010 010001001 11110 10011111 111100010 11011101 11110 10010101 1111001110 11011101 11010 10010010 010111011 11110100 11101 10010101 110101010 1100101 01010 10010111 110111010 10011111 11010 10010111 10111110 10011101 11110
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
he, and, thought