This is an analysis of The Splendor Falls by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

The splendor falls on castle walls
And snowy summits old in story:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaBB cbcbbB XdXdBb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01011101 110101010 01110101 1011001010 11011011010 1101010101010 11111111 110101010 11110111 010101010 11110101010 1101010101010 11110111 111111110 11010101 110101010 11011011010 1101010101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

dying, blow

Anaphora

blow