This is an analysis of Sonet Vi by Robert Louis Stevenson.

As in the hostel by the bridge I sate,
Nailed with indifference fondly deemed complete,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabcdbcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001010111 10010010101 1111110011 0101001111 1011010101 11001010101 0111001101 1101011101 1001110111 111101010110 0100110111 1101111101 000101010010 01010010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14