This is an analysis of Marian by George Meredith.

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She can be as wise as we,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a abcbdbdb X aecefgfg X agbghdhd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Metre: 1 1101111 1101110 1110101 1101010 1110111 1101110 1110101 1101010 1 1010101 1011100 1110101 001010 1110001 111010 1000111 100010 1 1011101 0101010 1011001 0101010 1011101 1101010 1110101 1101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

she