This is an analysis of A Litany Of Lethe by Arthur Symons.
O Lethe, hidden waters never dry,
We, all we weary and heavy-laden, cry,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAB ccB ddB eeB ffB aXB ggB ggB hhB ggBXAaB
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Metre: 111010101 11110110101 111111101 1111110101 11111101111 111111101 1111010111 1101010111 111111101 1111110110 10010100101 111111101 1111010101 1101011101 111111101 1011010111 0101010100 111111101 1001010101 01000010101 111111101 1011110111 0100010100 111111101 1111011111 11010100101 111111101 1111111111 1011110100 111111101 11110110101 11001111101 111111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
we, and, from, us
