This is an analysis of How It Strikes a Contemporary by Robert Browning.
YOU saw go up and down Valladolid,
A man of mark, to know next time you saw.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabcdefgfeheijXfbbfgdbehklceajiehjjkXXijilkj
- Stanza lengths: 44,
- Metre: 1111111000 0101011111 0101000101 1101110101 1101110110 0111111101 1101010100 1111010001 1001100101 1111110101 1111010101 1111011101 10110111011 11101010101 1001110101 0101010111 01100100101 1101001001 1001010101 0111010111 1111010101 0111010001 01010100101 1101011101 11101110111 1111010101 1111110101 1111000111 0101011111 0101010111 1111111111 1110110101 1101010111 1111010111 01010101001 1101111101 1001010100 0111000111 1101010011 1011011101 0111110111 1101001101 1111011111 1100011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
and,
Anaphora
the, and, if
