This is an analysis of Dolphin by Robert Lowell.
My Dolphin, you only guide me by surprise,
a captive as Racine, the man of craft,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcaXcadadbX X
- Stanza lengths: 14,1,
- Metre: 11011011101 0101010101 11010101010 1001000100101 1111001111110 1001010101 01010110010 1111100110 100010101 11001110011 1010100010 1010100011 0101001110 11011110110 11111110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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