This is an analysis of To A Friend by Matthew Arnold.
Who prop, thou ask'st in these bad days, my mind?--
He much, the old man, who, clearest-souled of men,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba bXbX cdaXcda
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
- Metre: 1111011111 110111101001 1011010101 1101110111 1111011111 1101101000 1101100101 1101111100 1101110101 01110100111 1011111101 1111001101 0101000101 1001010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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