This is an analysis of Villa Pauline by Katherine Mansfield.

But, ah! before he came
You were only a name:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbbXbddXbXeXeeXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 21,
  • Metre: 110111 101001 11011010 0101 11101 101101 101011 0111011000 1001 0101101 01101 110100 101 101101111 01010 0101111101011 11110 1110 101001 110110 001100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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