This is an analysis of Miss Mary Fairfax by Lesbia Harford.

Every day Miss Mary goes her rounds,
Through the splendid house and through the grounds,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXddaa
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1001110101 101011101 100010101 1000111001 101110111 101011101 001011111 1001110100 0010111101 101111101 111011111 101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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