This is an analysis of To Edward Clodd by William Watson.

Friend, in whose friendship I am twice well-starred,
A debt not time may cancel is your due;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccadda
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011011111 0111110011 11011111001 1101110001 10110101111 0100111001001 1011000111 1011010111 10011101001 0101010101 1101110101 1101010101 01010000101 1101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14