This is an analysis of The House Of Wisdom by Francis Joseph Sherman.
I had not thought (ah, God! had I but known!)
That this sad hour should ever me befall,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaa Xbaac dacd
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,4,
- Metre: 1111111111 10110110101 1111010001 1100011101 1011110111 1101111100 10010110101 1001010101 1111010111 1111010111 1111111111 01110010001 11001011100 0111101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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