This is an analysis of Dedicatory Poem For "Underwoods" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

TO her, for I must still regard her
As feminine in her degree,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbXbaXb cdcddedXed afaffefeXX
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
  • Metre: 001111010 11000001 110101100 11010111 11010101 1110001100 01010001 0011000100 110101000 10110011 010101010 11111101 111011110 11110011 10111111 1010001010 110100101 111001000 0100101010 11011101 011101010 11010101 111111010 11010011 11010101 010101110 01101101 111010010 100111000 10111100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

her, and

Anaphora

year, oft