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;…

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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