This is an analysis of Zola by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Because he puts the compromising chart
Of hell before your eyes, you are afraid;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0101111101 0111011111 1100110001 1111110101 0111100111 1101010101 0101010001 1001110011 1000110100 1101011101 0111010001 0101010101 1001001101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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