This is an analysis of The Princess: A Medley: As Thro' The Land by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

As thro' the land at eve we went,
And pluck'd the ripen'd ears,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccbaXdbXbddb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11011111 110101 1111111 11111111 110101 11010101 110110 11110111 110101 11111101 110100 1010101 11010101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

we

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

grave