This is an analysis of Apologia by Oscar Wilde.
IS it thy will that I should wax and wane,
Barter my cloth of gold for hodden grey,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd edXd dada fbfX dede agaX acac ghgh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0010111111 1011011101 1111011101 1101110101 0010111111 1111100101 0111010011 010101111 1000101101 1101010101 1111001100 1101010111 0101010111 1111110101 1111100101 1111000101 1001111101 01001011101 1001010101 1101010100 1101010101 1111010101 0101100101 1011000111 11010101101 0101110101 10010101001 1001010100 1100010010 011010101 0111010111 0101110111 110110101 1111111101 1101010101 0111011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
that, and
Anaphora
and, nor
