This is an analysis of Beyond The Shadow by Augusta Davies Webster.

SOME quick kind tears, some easy sorrow,
And then 'tis past.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd efeff
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 111111010 1111 111101010 11011101 1111 101101010 1111 111100110 110010111 1111 111111011 1111 010101011 01011101 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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