This is an analysis of On Reading The by Mathilde Blind.

In a Kentish Rose Garden.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa bbaX Xccc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0010110 0101000101 11001110001 0101010111 0101010101 1101010101 1101000101 1111110110 111100111100 1111010110 0101110101 1001010101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14