This is an analysis of Dedication by Robert Louis Stevenson.

MY first gift and my last, to you
I dedicate this fascicle of songs -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abca dbbb XbXb cXdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 110101001 010111 111101 1101010011 11101010111 110111 010001 1101110101 01010010001 111111 010011 1101010111 0011110111 101111 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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