This is an analysis of Modern Love Xix: No State Is Enviable by George Meredith.
No state is enviable. To the luck alone
Of some few favoured men I would put claim.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcdaadeffe
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 110100000101 01110011111 1110111011 1111011111 11111101011 1111010111 1111100101 1011111101 1111110001 11101011111 1100011001 1101010101 01010100011 1111011111 1101011101 0011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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