This is an analysis of Male Fashions For 1799. by Mary Darby Robinson.

CROPS like hedgehogs, high-crown'd hats,
Whispers like Jew MOSES ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb cdcd bXbc bebe fefX gege hXhiXcici
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111111 101110 1010110 1111110 1010101 101110 1110101 1101010 1111101 111100 101101 1111010 1110101 101110 1010101 1111010 1001111 0101110 1110101 0101110 1111101 0101010 1010101 1101010 1111101 1001010 1110101 0100010 1010101 101010 11111110 1101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Anaphora

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