This is an analysis of Off Mesolongi by Alfred Austin.
The lights of Mesolongi gleam
Before me, now the day is gone;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca adad eded fcfc fgfg Xfgf eheh idid ajaj klkl gigi mama flfl hghg jcjc bfbf dgdg ffffXhjhj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01010001 01110101 11111101 1111 11011101 01011111 110111001 11001 11111111 10010011 110011001 11011 11110001 110000101 01010101 1011 01011111 11011111 11010111 1001 01011101 10110101 010010111 1101 01010101 01010101 11111101 1111 01010101 110111001 10011101 0101 01010101 11100101 11011011 10101 11010101 11011101 01110011 1101 11111101 01010101 10010101 0101 11110101 110010101 11111101 11001 01111001 010011111 11010111 0111 111100101 11111101 111101001 11001 11010111 11011101 11110101 0101 10101101 11011101 11010101 0101 11110111 110111001 10011101 1101 11010101 11111101 11010111 1101 10010101 11011101 11011101 0101 11011101 10111101 111010111 0111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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