This is an analysis of The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11010101 10010101 10010111 01010111 11000101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6