This is an analysis of Last Ride Together, The by Robert Browning.
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I said---Then, dearest, since 'tis so,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bbXcadXeeea X ccbbfgghhhf X hhcdfbbiiif X jjhhaddjjja a ccbbhdXfffh a hhggkllcXck X jjffhggeeeh X kkggXaahhXg X fXhhXjjfffh d mmXhhbbaXah
- Stanza lengths: 1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,
- Metre: 1 11110111 11111111 11011110 11111111 101101110 11110101 11011100 11011111 100100001 100101011 111111101 1 11011100 11111101 110101001 11010111 011100101 01010101 11111111 11110111 10010111 111111101 111011101 1 10111101 1100100101 11010001 11110111 111101101 1011101 11110111 11111111 111111011 1101110111 111010111 1 11010111 10110111 1001100001 11010101 110100101 11111110 11111111 11111111 11110111 1110100101 111110111 1 11010111 11111101 11011101 11010101 101111101 11111111 11011100 11010110 01010011 0010100101 111111111 1 11111101 11010111 11110110 10110101 111110101 110011111 11010101 01110101 010101100 110110101 110010111 1 11011101 111001011 11110101 11110001 110011111 11011111 11101111 11111111 10111101 111101101 110011111 1 11110111 01000101 11110111 01011101 110111110 11010111 01110101 00111001 10010101 1010111101 111111101 1 11111111 01111100 11011101 11111101 101010110 01110101 01010111 11101111 111100001 1101011011 1101110101 1 11111111 101001111 111011100 101100101 111101101 10111111 01110111 11011001 01010100 110111111 110101101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 120
Repeated words/phrases
i, since, and, she, what, we, ride
Anaphora
i, since, and, thus, what, this
Anadiplosis
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