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

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Who would be…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a abcbaddc X babaXdXceececdaXefaaga X ahahiXaiXXfaaaaaaaagaffaa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,22,1,25,
  • Metre: 1 110 0111 1001 1001 1001 00101 00101 101 1 1100111 11101101001 0010111111 1111111111 100111111 11111111011 110110 010110111 110101 1111101001 1001 001101 1001 001001 111111001 001100101 110101101 101111110101 0011110101 110101001 11110100 101110101 1 11111100101 11111111101 110100111 0010011001 1110111111 1011100101 1100111001 10101111111 11001101111 00101011001 11110111111 00110101001 11111111101 0010101001 1010011101 111111101 0010101001 11011110 0010101001 1111101100 110110101 10111001001 111111111 11100101001 110110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 58

Repeated words/phrases

would, i, comb, my, low, adown, and, me

Anaphora

i

Epiphora

me