This is an analysis of An Ancient Chess Set by Jean Ingelow.
Haply some Rajah first in ages gone
Amid his languid ladies finger'd thee,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbXaXba caacaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 1011010101 0101010101 1011001111 10111100100 1011111101 0101011100 1101110101 11010111001 1111110111 1101011101 1101111101 0101110101 1111010101 1100010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
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