This is an analysis of In Maximum by Robert Louis Stevenson.

WOULDST thou be free? I think it not, indeed;
But if thou wouldst, attend this simple rede:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbccaadd
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 1101110101 1011010101 1101011111 11011 1101100101 1111011101 1111110001 1111010101 1101010011 1101110110 1100111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

thou