This is an analysis of Despondency by Archibald Lampman.

Slow figures in some live remorseless frieze,
The approaching days escapeless and unguessed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabba acacac
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1100110101 0010110001100 0111100001 1111000100 1101110101 1011000111 01010100011 111010100 0111001111 1011011111 1011010101 1101011111 1101010001 1110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14