This is an analysis of To Any Friend by George MacDonald.

If I did seem to you no more
Than to myself I seem,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gagaXbfbf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01010111 101111 11111101 110101 111111001 111111 11011101 010111 11111101 111101 10101111 110101 11011101 110111 11010111 010101 111100101 110101 11110101 111110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20