This is an analysis of Pursuit And Possession by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
When I behold what pleasure is pursuit,
What life, what glorious eagerness it is;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbaacacdd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110001 11110010000 1111010100 1101010101 1101110101 1001010101 011110100 0101010001 1001111011 11010111010 1111010101 01010101010 1101011111 0001111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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