This is an analysis of A Lament by Oscar Wilde.

O well for him who lives at ease
With garnered gold in wide domain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbabaabcddc
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 11111111 01010101 11010001 01010101 11111111 00100100 01010111 01010101 11111111 01010111 10010001 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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