This is an analysis of Compensation by Jean Ingelow.
One launched a ship, but she was wrecked at sea;
He built a bridge, but floods have borne it down;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbbabacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101111111 1101111101 1110111100 0111011101 1011110101 11111101101 0100111001 1101101100 110000100101 1101010101 1101010101 11011011001 110010010111 1001011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
good
Anaphora
he