This is an analysis of Poet’s Corner by Alfred Austin.

I stand within the Abbey walls,
Where soft the slanting sunlight falls…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab aacddc aadeed ccfggf hhiffi jXfXaf ggdkkd llmeem eenccn eebffa ccelle ddcbbc eeoeeo aadaad jjdeedXaakeek
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 11010101 11010111 010101 01010101 11010101 010101 10010101 11010001 100001 01010101 01011101 101111 11111111 11010101 111111 10010101 11010101 010101 11101100 11011101 010111 01010101 00010101 000101 11011101 010011111 110111 11010101 11101101 010101 10001101 11001111 111101 110101001 11010101 1011111 11010101 01101101 100101 100110101 11010111 1101011 110100101 01100101 110001 01110111 11011111 110111 01011111 1100100101 110101 11010101 10110101 111101 10111111 10100101 010101 11110111 11010101 101101 11111101 11111101 110111 11110111 11000101 010101 10011101 011000111 010111 10010011 01001111 110101 11010101 11011101 010101 0100101 10010101 010101 11010101 11010111 010101 11010100 10010001 010001 01010111 01000101 010001 01001101 10110101 010001 11111111 1101001001 011111 01010101 01010001 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 16
  • Lines: 96

Repeated words/phrases

this, to, when

Anaphora

this, no, whatever, the