This is an analysis of A Rondeau To Ethel by Henry Austin Dobson.
“IN teacup-times”! The style of dress
Would suit your beauty, I confess;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXaXbCXaabbaC
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 01110101 11110101 010101111 11010101 111010100 11111101 11011000 11010101 0111 01110101 11010101 11011101 01011001 11111111 0111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
