This is an analysis of Internal Harmony by George Meredith.

Assured of worthiness we do not dread
Competitors; we rather give them hail…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdeced
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101001111 0100110101 1100011111 1011110101 1101110101 1110011111 1101010111 1101111101 1111010101 1001110101 1101010101 0100110111 1101010111 1111010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

we, i