This is an analysis of I Dare Not by Ada Cambridge.
1.
I hear strange voices in the air.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aaab X cccb X ddde X fffe X eeeg X hhhg X iiij X eeej X kkka X ddda X llld X mmmd X hhhn X ooon
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Metre: 1 11110001 11011111 01010101 1111 1 11111111 11110111 11110101 0111 1 11111011 11110011 11110101 1111 1 11110111 11110111 01110101 1111 1 11110101 11111101 11110101 1101 1 11010101 01011001 11010101 1101 1 10011111 01010101 11010111 1111 1 11110111 10111101 00110101 1111 1 101101001 11010111 11010101 1111 1 01010111 01011111 10011101 1101 1 10010111 11101101 11011101 1101 1 1100111010 1011101010 110100110 1101 1 01110111 10110111 110110011 1101 1 01011101 11110011 11111001 1111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 28
- Lines: 71
Repeated words/phrases
what, and, should, i, why
Anaphora
what, though, why, this