This is an analysis of To Jennie by Mark Twain.

Good-bye! a kind good-bye,
I bid you now, my friend,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb cdcd efefaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
  • Metre: 010101 111111 11110101 010011 11000111 111101 11010111 010101 10111101 010111 11010101 0100101 11 1
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14