This is an analysis of The Brook Rhine by Augusta Davies Webster.

SMALL current of the wilds afar from men,
Changing and sudden as a baby's mood;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcaad
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1100010101 1011010101 101100100001 11001110101 1101010111 1001011111 0101010111 1111011101 1111011101 1101010101 1011010001 1111010111 1111011101 1001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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