This is an analysis of Katherine by Robert Louis Stevenson.

We see you as we see a face
That trembles in a forest place…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11111101 11000101 01010001 01010111 10010101 01001111 101101011 11100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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