This is an analysis of L'Envoi by Herman Melville.

_The Return of the Sire de Nesle._
A.D. 16…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX XaXa XbXb XcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 2,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 001001001 11 110111101 110100101 01010001 110001 11010111 10010101 11011100 1010101 11111101 11001010 10010111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14