This is an analysis of Modernities by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Small knowledge have we that by knowledge met
May not some day be quaint as any told…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXa cddccd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1101111101 1111011101 0100110001 1011011111 0111011101 1101010101 11110111010 0111010101 010001100001 1101000100 0101110111 1101100101 11111101011 1110010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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