This is an analysis of The Reply by Sir Lewis Morris.

IF I were to answer you
As you would, my soul would soar…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccab dXeeXd feddef gXccXg hbbbbh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 0100101 1111111 1010111 1110111 1110101 101 1010101 0111110 0110101 1011111 1000101 101 1110111 1111111 11111001 01110101 1011101 101 1110101 1110101 10111010 11111110 1110101 101 1010111 01001101 1010111 1111101 1010111 011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Anaphora

soar, come