This is an analysis of Dreams Of The Beloved by Charles Harpur.

HER IMAGE haunts me. Lo! I muse at even,
And straight it gathers from the gloom to make…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaaaacbcbbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01011111110 1101000101 1101011111 100001001010 10110101110 0101010101 0101110001 10011111110 0111011111 10110111111 1111010111 1101111101 1011000111 1111000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14