This is an analysis of For Richmond's Garden Wall by Robert Louis Stevenson.

WHEN Thomas set this tablet here,
Time laughed at the vain chanticleer;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccaa
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 11010101 11101100 11011101 11011100 11011111 01110111 011010111 01111100 11111111 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

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