This is an analysis of The Deserted House by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Life and Thought have gone away
Side by side,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba ccdd eaXe fbfb cXecXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1111101 111 1011101 10101 1010111 0010011 1110101 11010101 1010101 11010111 01001100 0010101 1011101 01110101 01110001 1110101 1011111 11101 10010100 011101011 0101000 1111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 22

Anaphora

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