This is an analysis of Loss And Gain by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Virtue runs before the muse
And defies her skill,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fdfd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010101 10101 1011101 010100 1010101 101010 1010101 001010 01100001 11010 1010111 10100 1010101 0010010 0111101 1100010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16