This is an analysis of Modern Love Xviii: Here Jack And Tom by George Meredith.

Here Jack and Tom are paired with Moll and Meg.
Curved open to the river-reach is seen…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceddefggf
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1111110111 1100010101 0101010101 1111010001 11010100001 1111110101 01110111001 1111010011 0111000111 1101010101 011011101 1111110101 10101010111 1111010111 1101000111 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

they

Anaphora

they