This is an analysis of Eva Gray by Charles Harpur.

PALER, paler, day by day,
Waxeth wordless Eva Gray,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd cccXaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,7,
  • Metre: 1010111 1010101 1010101 1111101 1011111 1001101 1110101 1010101 11101001 11001010 10101010 10101110 11101001 10100101 1010111 11010111 1010101 1010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 18