This is an analysis of The Eavesdropper by Bliss William Carman.
In a still room at hush of dawn,
My Love and I lay side by side…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbb bcdcefXbf gcbc aaba hgdg Xbhb bece giXi
- Stanza lengths: 4,9,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 00111101 11111111 11010101 10010101 11011111 01011111 110000101 10011001 11010101 100101001 01010000 11 10010111 010010101 10111101 10110001 11010111 11010101 110101001 110100101 10011111 11010111 11010111 01011101 110010001 01011111 01110111 01001101 11010111 10111011 01111111 110000101 01010101 11010101 10110011 01010111 01111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
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