This is an analysis of To A.J. Scott, May, 1857 by George MacDonald.
When, long ago, the daring of my youth
Drew nigh thy greatness with a little thing,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc ded efeXff
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,6,
- Metre: 1101010011 1111000101 1101111101 11110100100 1101010011 11110110101 01001011111 0111010111 1101110101 1111011111 1011110101 11011000001 0111010100 1101110101 1011010001 10111001111 1101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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