This is an analysis of Site Is Not Fashioned by Joseph Skipsey.

SHE is not fashioned to command,
Nor once, for grace, in her is shown,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcded efefcaaca gegechch
  • Stanza lengths: 8,9,8,
  • Metre: 10110001 11110001 01110101 11011111 11011101 11010101 10010111 01010101 10011101 11010111 11010101 01010111 11011101 10010111 1111011 1 01010101 10010111 11000101 01010101 01000101 11011111 00010111 10011101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25