This is an analysis of A Familiar Epistle by Henry Austin Dobson.

DEAR COSMOPOLITAN,—I know
I should address you a Rondeau,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXXbb ccXddXeeXXccddXfbbgXhhXdhhhhiiXjjffggeeXfdddXXXffgX kk
  • Stanza lengths: 8,51,2,
  • Metre: 11010011 11111001 110111101 1110110 111111100 110101000 11110101 10100111 11110111 11010101 01010111 011101010 11010101 01011101 111111111101 01010001 01011101 11010111 11011001 01000111 110101010 010101110 11110101 11010001 11111111 11010101 11011101 10011110 10111101 0101010001 11100101 11010101 11000101 10111101 110101010 110101010 11100101 11010001 101001 11 01010111 10110001 110010101 00011101 010010001 11110101 01110101 01110111 010101001 011101110 010101010 01010101 01010100 11010010 10110100 01110101 10100101 10010101 01000100 11010110 01100100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 61

Repeated words/phrases

i, of, and, d, his, s, when, its

Anaphora

of, when, its