This is an analysis of I Used To Think by Trumbull Stickney.

I used to think
The mind essential in the body, even…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXaXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101 01010001010 11010010001 101000111010 110010101 1001010011 0111111111 1001010101 0101110111 0111010101 1011010111 01111111101 10010101100 1100010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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