This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 95. By Night We Linger'D On The Lawn by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
By night we linger'd on the lawn,
For underfoot the herb was dry;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXcadeed XdDC affa caac ghhg iggi affa cffc feef jkkj cdDC jXXj cllc bmmb
- Stanza lengths: 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 11010111 110111001 010010101 11110101 0100101010 01011111 110101001 11110101 11110101 11010101 11011101 111111110 01011111 011100101 11110101 11110111 01010111 10011101 11111101 01011111 01111110 01111111 01010001 11010101 01010111 11110101 01011101 01010101 11110101 11110101 01000101 11111111 01111001 11110111 01011111 11001111 01100101 11111011 01100001 1000101001 01010101 01011111 11010101 11111101 01010101 11110101 110011101 11010101 01111111 011100101 11110101 11010101 010101010 01100101 110110101 110010101 101100111 01010111 01001111 110101101 11110101 11111111 01000101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
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