This is an analysis of To Mrs. J.S. Blackie by Sydney Thompson Dobell.
Dear Friend, once, in a dream, I, looking o'er
The Past, saw the Four Seasons slow advance…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaabcdcdee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11100111010 0110110101 1011010100 1111110101 0110010101 1100010101 0111111101 1101110101 1111010100 010010010001 0111100101 0111000100 10010101001 111111110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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