This is an analysis of To The Picture Of A Lady by Frances Anne Kemble.

Lady, sweet lady, I behold thee yet,
With thy pale brow, brown eyes, and solemn air,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccaXddbaaX
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1011010111 0111111101 11001001101 1101010001 1111110101 0111010101 1111110001 1111111111 1111011101 01111111110 11010111110 1011100111 1111111011 0110010101 11111101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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