This is an analysis of The Lizard by Edwin Markham.

I sit among the hoary trees
With Aristotle on my knees…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcccaca ddeeffgg
  • Stanza lengths: 12,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 01010111 1101001010 100111010 11000111 11011101 01010001 01010011 01110001 01010011 01010111 01010001 11010111 10010001 110101010 101101010 11010101 11010001 00110101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 20

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