This is an analysis of At Variance by Ellis Parker Butler.

When with me the play she goes,
I much admire the buds and bows…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1010111 11010111 11111111 11110111 11010111 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6