This is an analysis of The Meeting by Katherine Mansfield.

We started speaking,
Looked at each other, then turned away.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXddcXXeXddXc abXXeaX
  • Stanza lengths: 15,7,
  • Metre: 11010 111101101 01110011 11111 1100111 11110 111001 0111101 11011011 1110110110 0100010110101 10111011 10110010101 111011001001 1111011 101001101110 1111011101001 01110110 111 01101001110 1001010011 1100010101111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 22