This is an analysis of Lafayette by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta.
The wail of France comes o'er the sea, -
She mourns for thee, departed chief;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 010111001 11110101 11010001 11010101 11110101 11110111 110100101 11010101 11110101 010101001 110010101 11110100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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