This is an analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iii: Gods And False Gods: Lxx by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

ON READING THE MEMOIRS OF M. D'ARTAGNAN
Why was I born in this degenerate age?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XababbabacXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 11001101100 11110001001 1101010101 01010011011 0101010101 0111110001 1111001100 01010110101 0101110101 1111111010 0101110100 0111010111 0100010100 1101010100 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

of, a