This is an analysis of Were I A Skilful Painter by George MacDonald.
Were I a skilful painter,
My pencil, not my pen,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbcbDEBE Afgfahgh bfdXXeae bihigfefXabcbDEBE
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 0101010 110111 11011111 111111 1001010 110101 11011101 0010001 0101010 111111 010011101 0010101 0111010 101111 110100101 0010101 0110010 010101 101010101 111100 01001110 010101 110111010 011101 11010010 011101 1010000101 010101 0101010 010101 101010101 110101 1111010 110111 11111111 011101 1001010 110101 11011101 0010001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
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