This is an analysis of A Hunter's Indian Dove by Charles Harpur.

DARK is her cheek, but her blood’s rich blush
Comes through its dusk with a sunset flush,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddee ffccee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,6,
  • Metre: 100110111 110100111 11101011001 10110100101 1011111001 1010100111 1101101101 0111100111 1001100111 10011011001 1101100111 1011100101 111010111 1011100101 10100101101 1101011001 11001011001 1001011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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