This is an analysis of To Louisa C—, For Her Album by John Kenyon.

Life is an Album; and my free
Imagination loves to look…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcbdbd efefghghbibidjdj
  • Stanza lengths: 12,16,
  • Metre: 10110111 01010101 11010100 11111101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 010111001 010010101 01010001 010111001 11011111 110100011 11010101 10110101 10011101 110100111 01011101 01010111 11111111 11111101 01010001 11010101 01010101 110001111 0110010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 28

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