This is an analysis of The Student's Serenade by Anne Brontë.

I have slept upon my couch,
But my spirit did not rest,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdcdc bece bcac cdfd ghih Xgfg deie fhXh jcfcXj
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1110111 1110011 1010001 1110110 1011101 101101 1111111 1111101 11101111 1110101 1011101 1011101 1111111 1010101 1111101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1111111 0110111 1010101 0110101 0111101 1010011 1010101 1011101 1010111 1010001 1010101 0110101 1110001 0010101 111101 0010101 1111101 0010111 10110101 1110101 1001111 1110101 10
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 41

Repeated words/phrases

my, and, i

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

thee