This is an analysis of The Personified Sentimental by Francis Bret Harte.
Affection's charm no longer gilds
The idol of the shrine;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdcXbacaaddd
- Stanza lengths: 17,
- Metre: 10011101 010001 110100101 100101 110100101 111001 01110101 0100001 11110101 0100101 01010111 110101 01111101 010001 11010101 011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
