This is an analysis of A Pepys' 'Diary' by Henry Austin Dobson.
To One who asked why he wrote it.
You ask me what was his intent?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a abab abab cdcd cbcb aXXX XeXe
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111110 11111001 0101010 11111101 0101010 11000101 1111010 111100101 1011010 01111111 0011010 01010101 0011010 01110101 0101010 01010101 0101010 111101111 0110000 01010101 1101010 11000100 1101010 11011000 11110010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
so
Anaphora
so
