This is an analysis of Shakespeare by Matthew Arnold.

Others abide our question. Thou art free.
We ask and ask--Thou smilest and art still,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbc addc efeXfee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
  • Metre: 1001110111 1111110111 1101010101 1001100100 1001111001 100100100101 1101010001 0011000100 1111011101 11111100101 11111001101 11001010101 1101011111 11110101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, his, self

Anaphora

all