This is an analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xxxiii by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

Such was the legend. I had read it through
Twice ere I thought of thinking what it meant.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbadadcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 1111010101 11110010111 1101010111 10011110101 0011110101 11011101001 0101110101 1101011100 1111010001 0111010111 0111000111 1111110101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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