This is an analysis of The Song Of Courtesy by George Meredith.
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When Sir Gawain was led to his bridal-bed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bbcdddXXdaae X bbbdddXXdaae X fffggXXXgaae XXccbfffeefaae
- Stanza lengths: 1,12,1,12,1,12,14,
- Metre: 1 11101100101 11010111 11111 10101 1101110111 1011 1010 11000 001101011 10101111 100111011 111010100 1 1110101101 1110101 11110 10101 11101001001 1011 10100 1110 111101101 11101011 101111001 111010100 1 11011011011 1011101 11001 101010 1001001110 1001 101000 111100 1111101010 101101101 1110110 11110100 1 0101101111 101100101 11111 1111 01001011001 1001 111100 001100 1001101011 1011111 1010110 1001100
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 52
