This is an analysis of The Whip by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
The doubt you fought so long
The cynic net you cast,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbbbb Xcdccece dfdffgfg hihiibib djdjjdjd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 011111 010111 010001 010111 111111 111101 010111 010111 111101 110101 010101 010101 010101 0111010 010101 1111010 110101 111001 111111 110111 110111 0101111 110111 1101011 111101 110011 0100011 111101 111101 111111 100111 1100101 101101 010101 111101 010001 111101 110101 110101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
you, to, for
Anaphora
the, you