This is an analysis of The Poor Relation by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
No longer torn by what she knows
And sees within the eyes of others,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaa cdcdddcd aeaeffge cacahhca acacXaac bibiggbi bebeaabe ababaaab jbjbddjb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11011111 110101010 01110111 011101110 11000101 00010111 11110101 01110010 010101001 110111010 01110101 010101010 11010101 01011111 11001111 110100010 01111111 011111010 11111111 111111010 11010111 01011101 11111111 010111010 11011101 110101010 11110101 01010101 01111101 11111101 11111100 110101110 11111101 001100010 10111111 010111010 11011111 01010111 01000100 0100111010 11110101 011111010 010011001 110111010 01110101 11110101 11010111 111101010 11111101 001101110 01000101 110111010 11111111 11011101 01001100 110111110 11010111 111101110 01001101 011111110 01010111 11110101 01010001 011111010 01010101 110100110 01010001 0101000010 10100101 11110101 10010001 011001110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
her, she, of, and, for, to
Anaphora
her, a, for
