This is an analysis of The Poet To Be Yet by Arthur Henry Adams.

NOT he who sings smooth songs that soothe—
Sweet opiates that lull asleep…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabXXccXdbbbefgggXcdddXXfeeee
  • Stanza lengths: 31,
  • Metre: 11111111 11001101 01011101 11110111 11011101 11111101 01010100 11011101 11010100 01011101 11111101 111110001 110001011 10111111 10111100 11110101 11010101 01011101 01010101 11110111 100100111 01110001 01010001 11011101 10011111 11011101 11010011 11111111 111101101 00010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

that, of, and

Anaphora

who