This is an analysis of At A Reading by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

The spare professor, grave and bald,
Began his paper. It was called,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccdXeebfddgghhiigghhjjggaaddeeffffkk
  • Stanza lengths: 42,
  • Metre: 01010111 01010011 111010101 1101001100 01101101 111110111 01010101 11011111 11010001 01010100 100110001 01010101 11011111 11011111 00010101 11100101 10011111 100001011 11010111 100101001 10011101 110100101 11010001 00110111 11110101 01001111 01010101 10110101 11111111 11010111 11011111 110100101 11011101 11010011 01011101 00010111 01010111 1101101 01010101 10100101 01100011 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

and