This is an analysis of A.D. 19—? by Arthur Henry Adams.

AS in some quiet city bathed in sleep,
Where like a kiss the twilight lingereth,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacddddc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011010101 1101011100 1100011101 1111010101 1111010111 1101000101 1111111111 01110010101 1101010101 0111111101 1101011101 1011010111 1101010001 1001011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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