This is an analysis of The Old Dream by Augusta Davies Webster.
NAY, tell me not. I will not know.
Because of her my life is bare,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abacbdcbXD aeafedfefDXcbcebdebeD
- Stanza lengths: 10,21,
- Metre: 11111011 01001101 011110111 11010101 11110101 010011111 11110101 010010011 11100110 1111 11111011 11011101 00111101 11010100 10111011 01010111 01110100 11111101 11111111 1111 10111111 00110111 10111111 11111101 11011111 010010101 11111111 01110001 10111100 1111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 30
Anaphora
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