This is an analysis of The Lute-Player by William Watson.
She was a lady great and splendid,
I was a minstrel in her halls.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cacaXa dede
- Stanza lengths: 4,6,4,
- Metre: 110101110 11010001 0100101010 10110101 111101010 11111111 01001010010 01010101 111100010 110111 111110010 01011111 111101010 01001111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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