This is an analysis of Miss Bettina Webster, having applied for a Copy of Needwood Forest, December 1785 by Francis Noel Clarke Mundy.

I call'd my Muse, the rustic came
With Seward's garland on her brows;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd ebeb cXcX dfdf gege hXhX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 01010101 11010101 11011101 100101111 110101111 11010001 110101011 110011110 110101010 1101011010 110111010 11011101 11100111 11110111 111101010 11111101 11011011 11010101 11010101 110101010 11111101 110101110 10011111 11010111 11000111 11110101 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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