This is an analysis of Lines To ------. by Frances Anne Kemble.

Short was the season of our intercourse
And born, it seem'd, of wayward accident,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXadXdeeddXXff
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 1101001101 1101010100 1101110110 1101011101 0101111101 10010100101 1011101101 11111101110 0011010100 1001110101 1001010100 01010111111 1101101111 1011010101 1101011101 1001011111 1101011011 11110010110 1001101111 0011011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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