This is an analysis of Two Sonnets by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

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Just as I wonder at the twofold screen…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaabba cdacda X eddeebbe baaXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,6,1,8,6,
  • Metre: 1 1111010111 0101001111 1111000001 0100010110 1111011111 0111110100 0101010001 01110010001 1111110101 1100011011 0110010101 110101001 1100011001 0101001101 1 1001111101 0100010001 0100011001 1101100001 11001011101 1101011011 0100101101 1101010111 110111011 0100010001 0111011111 1111001101 1111110101 0101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

of, to, and

Anaphora

of