This is an analysis of Rose Leaves by Henry Austin Dobson.

I intended an Ode,
And it turned to a Sonnet.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABaAaaB
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 101011 1010010 00111 101011 11101 0010110101011 1010010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7