This is an analysis of The Princess (Part 4) by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

'There sinks the nebulous star we call the Sun,
If that hypothesis of theirs be sound'…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 38
  • Lines: 589

Repeated words/phrases

and, in, sad, as, i, her, tell, swallow, but, to, hoof, head, of, she, he, my, you, partly, your, ida, some, me, well, like, have, our, their, his

Anaphora

she, and, shall, for, i, the, we

Epiphora

clown

Anadiplosis

love, he