This is an analysis of Impromptu (I) by Frances Anne Kemble.

You say you're glad I write—oh, say not so!
My fount of song, dear friend, 's a bitter well;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1111111111 11011110101 1101010001 11111110011 10010100101 0101010101 1110010101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8