This is an analysis of Appreciation by George Meredith.

Earth was not Earth before her sons appeared,
Nor Beauty Beauty ere young Love was born:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaXbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101011111 1111110111 11010101110 0110110001 0101010010 1011000101 0111111111 1101111111 1111010111 1101010101 01100111101 1111011101 1101011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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