This is an analysis of Serenade by Ameen Rihani.

The moon hath said her sad good-bye.
My sleeping queen ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdbbebeccDeXfXfccDf
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 01110101 1101 110111001 1101 01011101 110100111 011101 011101 010100111 1101 11110101 0111 11110101 110011001 011101 010101 01011101 11010 11110100 11010 01001111 10110111 011101 1110110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

arise

Anaphora

arise

Anadiplosis

arise