This is an analysis of A Wall by Robert Browning.

O the old wall here! How I could pass
Life in a long midsummer day,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dXdX aaaa efef gbgb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101111111 10011101 110100101 110011101 111110101 111100101 01111101 0100101101 110011001 1100111100 010011111 1001010101 110111111 110111101 10111010111 1110100101 101110111 111010101 110100101 111011111 111100101 110110111 01111101 0010101101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

my