This is an analysis of To An Unfortunate Woman At The Theatre by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Maiden, that with sullen brow
Sitt'st behind those virgins gay,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fgfg haha ihih idid jfjf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010101 1011101 10111001 1010101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1011101 1111101 1111001 1010101 1110111 1110101 0010100 11101110 1111101 00101010 1011101 10101010 11111010 010101010 001000110 1011101 1110101 1110101 10111001 1010101 11101001 10001101 11001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

soft, his

Anaphora

soft, but, thou