This is an analysis of To A Friend by Mathilde Blind.

With a Volume of Verses.
TO you who dwell withdrawn, above…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dada efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0010010 01110101 0111001 10110101 110101 01111111 010100 111101001 110101 11111101 110101 11110111 011101 110100101 110101 01010101 11010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17