This is an analysis of The Tui by Arthur Henry Adams.

Alchemist of melody,
dropp by dropp distilling!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABXAXbAB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1000100 111010 1011111 1000100 0110100 101010 1000100 111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8