This is an analysis of When I Would Imagine by George Meredith.

When I would image her features,
Comes up a shrouded head:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cdad Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110010 110101 1101110 11001001 1111110 1110101 01110111 100101 10101010 1111110 10010010 1111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12