This is an analysis of An Empty Threat by Robert Frost.

I stay;
But it isn't as if…

Browse poems by Robert Frost

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abacbc cdcde fgfeghg hiifeXe fXjj Xaakk aia fllaakkkcc XkadXkdkiX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,5,7,7,4,5,3,10,10,
  • Metre: 11 100010 11011101 1011 011 10101 1111111 11101 110 1010100101 0101 011 1001 10111101 111 01110101 111111 1111 011 1111 0111101 1 1101 1010 0111011 011111 11100100 111101 010101 1010 10111 101 0111 11001 111001 111111 1101111 111 10001 0011 10001 0100 0011011 11011101 0011011 10111101 11010101 0011111 0101 111 11 00110011 1100111 011 1110001 111011 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 57

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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