This is an analysis of Sonnet Vii by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The strong man's hand, the snow-cool head of age,
The certain-footed sympathies of youth -…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcefXefX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0111011101 0101010001 1111010101 1001010111 1011010011 1110001101 1111010001 10000010111 0100110111 01001110101 0100011101 010001010111 1111010101 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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