This is an analysis of Blondine by John Hay.

I wandered through a careless world
Deceived when not deceiving,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdded cbcbdfXf ebebagfg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 0111010 11011101 0100010 01010101 0101010 11111111 0101010 11011111 1100110 11011101 1101110 01111111 0101110 11110111 01010010 11111101 1111010 01111111 1011110 11011101 1100110 01110101 0111110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the, and