This is an analysis of Quatrains by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

MASKS
BLACK Tragedy lets slip her grim disguise…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbb b cdcd a cece X feef a egeg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Metre: 1 1100110101 1111011101 1101110001 1101111101 100 11110100001 1101011111 1111110101 0111111111 101 10010111 0101111111 1111010111 11110101 110 11011000111 1111001101 0101000111 0111001101 1 01111011 11110111 11011111 1110010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 25