This is an analysis of Dedication To Wilfred And Alice Meynell by Francis Thompson.

If the rose in meek duty
May dedicate humbly…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcXcbcbcXXXXbdbddede
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 0010110 110110 0010010 1001010 0010010 0101100 10100 001110000 0010110 1111100 10010 0101100 0011110 0101100 1010010 101000 0011110 110100 0010110 110100 110110 0010110 011110 111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

their, to