This is an analysis of Live Blindly by Trumbull Stickney.

Live blindly and upon the hour. The Lord,
Who was the Future, died full long ago.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbabaabcdaadc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010101001 1101011101 1010010101 1110101001 011111111 11010100101 0111010101 1011010101 01110001010 1011110101 0111011001 1101110101 0101010001 11010100010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

thou