This is an analysis of I Dare Not by Ada Cambridge.

1.
I hear strange voices in the air.…

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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