This is an analysis of To J. S. by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
The wind, that beats the mountain, blows
More softly round the open wold,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdddd efef gXgb hfhf ijij dkdk hlhl cfcX mlml gXgb fdfd idid kXkh hdhd jgjg gmgm dndn
- Stanza lengths: 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01110101 11010101 11010101 1110101 11010101 11111101 011011101 100011101 11111111 10111111 10011101 11111101 11111001 11111101 010011101 11110101 00010101 011111100 11111101 11110101 10111101 11100101 10011111 01111110 11010101 10110101 010110101 11010001 11110011 11010101 01111111 11010001 11110111 11111101 11001111 10111101 11111101 10010101 10110101 1010101010 11001101 11001101 11110100 01011101 101110100 0101010010 11010101 11010101 010010101 01111101 11010101 11010101 110100101 11011001 01110101 11010111 11111101 11111101 11010011 11010101 11110101 11111111 10111010 11010101 11011111 11110111 11111111 01011101 11010101 1101011 10110101 10110101 11011111 10101111 11010101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 76
Repeated words/phrases
those, love, not, and, i, her
Anaphora
i, sleep
Epiphora
peace
Anadiplosis
i
