This is an analysis of The Ballad[e] Of Imitation by Henry Austin Dobson.
If they hint, O Musician, the piece that you played
Is nought but a copy of Chopin or Spohr;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbbXbc abXbbXbC aXabbcbCXbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,13,
- Metre: 011101001111 01101001011 1010110110100 0010010101001 111001001101 101111101001 11010011011 101111001011 011111011111 11010001011 1100100101010 11011001101 111001001101 1100101111 110010011001 101111001011 11111001001 011011011001 01011001001 001111001001 11101101101 1111100001111 11111001001 101111001011 10011111101 11011011111 11011101001 101111001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
of, that, your, from
Anaphora
that
