This is an analysis of Memory's Genesis by Charles Harpur.

HOW few through Memory’s dreamy scope,
However resolute of hope,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXbccccXcXcdcdceXXee bbffbf
  • Stanza lengths: 23,6,
  • Metre: 111100101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11101101 010111 11010001 001101001 10110101 110101 110101010 011111001 110111100 01001101 10010111 0010101 1010011 110011101 11110101 100001010 010101010 10100111 1101101111 11010101 111100101 1111001 1000111001 11010111 110011011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 29