This is an analysis of The Lesson Of Grief by George Meredith.
Not ere the bitter herb we taste,
Which ages thought of happy times,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdcad
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,
- Metre: 11010111 11010101 01100101 10110011 1001 11111111 10011101 11110001 11010101 1111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 10
Repeated words/phrases
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