This is an analysis of To Marcus by Robert Louis Stevenson.

YOU have been far, and I
Been farther yet,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccab adeead fghhfg iajjia ahggah kkllkk
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 110111 0101 110111 110001 010101 0111 110111 0111 1101010 1101010 111111 0101 110111 1111 111101 011101 111101 0101 010101 1101 110101 110101 110111 1111 111101 1101 110001 111101 111101 0111 110111 0111 111101 110101 111111 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

and, you, by

Anaphora

and, you