This is an analysis of The Letters by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Still on the tower stood the vane,
A black yew gloomed the stagnant air,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX ececfgfg cfXfhhhh gigiagag jcjXkhkh hdhdjhjX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010101 011100101 11010101 11010111 01011111 01010111 1010101111 011111010 111100101 11010101 11110111 11110101 11110111 11011101 11011101 11010101 110101001 01011101 11010110 11110101 11010101 11110111 11010101 00111111 11110111 110101010 11100101 101101010 101011101 11000101 11110101 01010001 11010101 11010001 11111111 111100100 11011111 11010101 11000101 11001101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11110101 101011101010 110101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
my, and, met, she
Anaphora
a, she, and, i, we
