This is an analysis of Sonnet Ii by Robert Louis Stevenson.

So shall this book wax like unto a well,
Fairy with mirrored flowers about the brim,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadbXdXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111001 10010100101 1111110101 1001010111 1111110001 1001010111 11001011111 1111001111 0111010111 1101110101 0101000101 111101101 0001010101 1101011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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