This is an analysis of Progress by George Meredith.

In Progress you have little faith, say you:
Men will maintain dear interests, wreak base hates,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbaXcdbcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111110111 10011100111 1111010111 110000010101 0101100110 01010010001 110101100111 11011100001 11011101010 1101010101 1111010101 0101000101 1111010101 1101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14