This is an analysis of Longing by Alfred Austin.
The hills slope down to the valley, the streams run down to the sea,
And my heart, my heart, O far one! sets and strains towards thee.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAbb bbcc XXdd eeaA
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 011100100111001 11111111111011 11001001011101001 10111001001110101 010110110101101 10111101011010001 1011011100100111 1010100101010110101 0111001011011010 110010101101001010 1010011010110100101 111011010110100101 1101111111100101 101001010110100101 1011100100111001 11111111111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, for
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
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