This is an analysis of On A Viola D'Amore by Mathilde Blind.

CARVED WITH A CUPID'S HEAD, AND PLAYED ON FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcXX dedebb fafaXX cccXgg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 100101111101110110100 11010111 0100110 110010101 1100010 01011101 01011011 01000101 1111110 11010101 1101010 11010101 1101001 110101011 1101010 11000101 1101010 111101110 10110001 11000101 1100110 1100111 1011010 01110101 0110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 26

Anaphora

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