This is an analysis of The World by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Some are the brothers of all humankind,
And own them, whatsoever their estate;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dada
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101001101 1101010101 1111011111 0100110101 1110010111 1101011111 1101010101 0101010111 1101011100 11101010101 11101111111 0101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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