This is an analysis of Sestet by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
SENT TO A FRIEND WITH A VOLUME OF TENNYSON
Wouldst thou know the knightly clash of steel on steel?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abbaab
- Stanza lengths: 1,6,
- Metre: 100100100100 11101010111 110110111 1111111101 0101010101 1111010101 11011100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 7
Anaphora
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