This is an analysis of To Austin Dobson by William Watson.

Yes! urban is your Muse, and owns
An empire based on London stones;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd XXee XXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11001111 110011101 111101001 010010101 01010101 11010101 11100101 01110111 11010110 10110101 11010101 11010100 11111100 1100100 11010101 10011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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