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

Who would be
A merman bold,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccabc badaedeAAFaaf ggXgXaFXcFcXcAAFccaf
  • Stanza lengths: 7,13,20,
  • Metre: 110 0111 1001 1001 1001 00101 101 1100111 1111101001 111011001010 1111110111 0011011001 1011001110 1100111101 1110101001 110011111 100100 1111100101 001111111 10110100 11010111 101111001101 1101100101 10111 1110100101 101101111 11100100 11110101011 101101101 11100100 111100101 101101100 110101001 1110101001 110011111 100100 11010101 100101101 110111001 111100100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

i, and, of, would, them

Anaphora

i

Epiphora

alone