This is an analysis of Lines To Our New Censor by William Watson.

[Mr. Oscar Wilde, having discovered that England is unworthy of him, has announced his resolve to become a naturalised Frenchman.]

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcXc dXdX Xebe fafa ghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101011001011000100110100100101000010 11110011 111111010 110100110 101111110 11110111 01110111 01011101 111011010 11111100 111101110 10111100 010111010 11010101 110101010 110100111 010101010 11110101 1100110010 11010101 110101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 22

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