This is an analysis of Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcded aacaXfbf egXgcbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1101101 111101 1011111101 111001001 1101010 1001101 010100101 110101 0111011 111111 1111001110 1111111 01111110 0111101 11100111001 10111111 1111110 110111 011110111 1111111 101001010 1011101 111111111 10101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, they

Anaphora

be