This is an analysis of The Fate Of The Lyrist by Lady Jane Wilde.

The soul is ever clinging unto form;
Action, not abstract thought, alone can warm…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbbcdddceXecfffc
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 0101010101 1010110111 011001000111 110101 0100110101 11010010101 0110110011 01010000100 11010100001 1001101111 1101010111 00010100 11011001000 1101010010 0101000100 1110000100 1101010101 1001010101 1101010101 01110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20