This is an analysis of Personal Request by Robert Hamerling.

Say that I write bad verses,
Say that I steal the silverware,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacXdaebfcebecafgccadXcgcaX
  • Stanza lengths: 29,
  • Metre: 1111110 11110101 1001010 0111011111 11110 111011100 011101011 110100101 11101010 10111001010 1111110 111100100 10110110 010110 1010100010 101000100 011101010 10101010 11111001 11100010 00110010 011100110 10111010 0010101 011101010 1010101010 01100100 11010101 101010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

say, i

Anaphora

say, if