This is an analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xvi by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
Oh, 'tis a terrible thing in early youth
To be assailed by laughter and mute shame,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXaababcdcddd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11010010101 0001110111 010010010010 1111010101 0101011111 1101011111 1101111101 1111000101 001001110111 10110010110 1001000101 0011010101 1111010111 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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