This is an analysis of Brother And Sister by George Eliot.
I.
I cannot choose but think upon the time…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbd efef aghg ii X jbjb kaka adhd gg X dldl dfdf fjfj ha X cXcg mjmj efef aa a klkl fnfn fofo gg a gcgc jbjb dede ah X gggX pgpg gfgf ee X jaja anan glgl ff X nana jfjX fdfd aa c abab qrqr gXgl ee a efef bqXq pcpcXkk
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,7,
- Metre: 1 1101110101 1111111111 1101001101 0101110100 1101010101 0101010111 1101110111 1101110101 1111111101 0111111101 1101010100 1111110101 0111110111 01011101101 1 1011110111 1101010111 0111010111 11110010111 0111110101 1111011101 1111111111 0111010101 0100010101 11110011001 011010100 1011101100 1111011101 01110010010 1 1101110101 1111011101 1001010001 10110010111 01011001001 1111110101 1111110011 0101010111 1101010011 11001010101 0101110101 1101011101 1101010100 0111010101 1 1111110001 1101010100 1111010111 1101010101 1101110011 110010010101 1101010101 0101110111 1101111101 11101010101 0101011101 1111010001 0101110111 1000111101 1 11001010101 1101011101 01010101001 1100101111 11001011100 1101011111 11001101001 0100110101 1101110111 1011010111 0101001111 0101111101 1111010111 1011000101 1 1101110011 1101110101 0101001111 0101011011 1001010001 1001010101 0101010101 010110101011 01110101010 01010011111 01000100110 01110101001 0111011101 1011110100 1 1111011101 11001111001 1100111101 0111000110 1111011011 0101111101 1111110101 1101111111 1001110111 1110111111 1111110111 1101110111 01100011101 1011010101 1 1101010111 10110011101 11111100111 010100010101 0101111101 1101010101 0111011101 0111010101 1111010101 1101010111 0101110101 1101010001 11011101001 1111110101 1 1101110111 1101000111 0111110111 1111111101 01001011101 1111011101 1111110111 1101011101 11000101001 1101010011 100010101101 0101011101 0001010100 1111110101 1 0101110101 1101111111 1111011101 1101011101 1101110101 1011110101 1111010101 1101000101 1111011101 1011110010 11010010011 1000010101 1101010111 1111101001 1 1101110101 11011111010 11010010101 11011101010 1011001101 1011010111 1101001101 10111011001 10100110101 1111110001 11001001111 1100110111 1001011111 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 55
- Lines: 165
Repeated words/phrases
and, as, my, that
Anaphora
i, the
Anadiplosis
i
