This is an analysis of After by Robert Browning.

Take the cloak from his face, and at first
Let the corpse do its worst!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bbccddeeffggbbXff
  • Stanza lengths: 2,17,
  • Metre: 101001111 101101 111001001 111111 101001111 11111 101111011 101001 111001011 01001 111101001 010101 11101101 001101 01111011 011001 111111001 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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