This is an analysis of The Broken Appointment by John Kenyon.

I sought at morn the beechen bower.
Thy verdant grot;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcdefefgbgb hiXijhjhkikiajaj
  • Stanza lengths: 16,16,
  • Metre: 111101010 1101 010101010 1111 110001001 110101 11111111 0101 11110111 1101 11111111 1101 11010101 110111 11111111 1111 11010111 1111 11110110 1111 01111101 010101 11111101 1111 11111101 0101 11110101 0111 111111010 111111 111101010 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 32

Anaphora

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