This is an analysis of Outside The Crowd by George Meredith.

To sit on History in an easy chair,
Still rivalling the wild hordes by whom 'twas writ!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbdbcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01110001101 11000111111 1010010101 10011110111 0111110011 1111011101 1111010100 1111010101 1101011111 1101010100 0101110111 1101010101 1001011101 11010010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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