This is an analysis of Before Sunset by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Love's twilight wanes in heaven above,
On earth ere twilight reigns:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaB bXbXabaB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,8,
  • Metre: 111101001 111111 11110111 1111 110100101 111110 01111001 11010101 111101 11111101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

twilight