This is an analysis of Vain Gratuities by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Never was there a man much uglier
In eyes of other women, or more grim:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbXabba cccccc
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 1011011100 0101010111 1111010001 11111010000 1111111100 1001010001 1101110101 1111110100 1101110111 1111010001 1111111101 1111110111 1111011101 1111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
she, as
