This is an analysis of The Poetry Of Shakespeare by George Meredith.

Picture some Isle smiling green 'mid the white-foaming ocean; -
Full of old woods, leafy wisdoms, and frolicsome fays;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 10111011011010 1011101011001 10110111011010 1011111011111 101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5

Repeated words/phrases

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