This is an analysis of To Edward Fitzgerald by Robert Browning.
I chanced upon a new book yesterday;
I opened it, and, where my finger lay…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXaaXbbXbbX
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 11001011101 1100111101 1111111111 11110111111 1101011111 1101100111110 1110100101 1001111111 1011010101 11010010111 1001110111 1001110010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
i, and
Anaphora
i
