This is an analysis of Modern Love Xliv: They Say That Pity by George Meredith.
They say, that Pity in Love's service dwells,
A porter at the rosy temple's gate.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcbeebfbbf
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 1111001101 0101010101 1111010011 0101110101 0111111101 1101011101 1100110101 110011011001 1110110101 1101110011 1101010111 1101010101 1111010001 1100100001 1011110111 1101001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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