This is an analysis of An Unpraised Picture by Richard Francis Burton.

I SAW a picture once by Angelo.
“Unfinished,” said the critic; “done in youth;”…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbaabcdXdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 0101010101 1111110110 1101110011 11111100101 0101110111 1011010101 01110010111 0101001011 1111110101 1101111100 0110111101 1111010101 1101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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