This is an analysis of The Emigrant's Vision by Charles Harpur.

As his bark dashed away on the night-shrouded deep,
And out towards the South he was gazing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccdbebefffd geghbbbd fiXihhhd hjhjjjjd
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 101101101101 1101011110 111101001011 1010010010 11001001101 101001011011 110110010001 011110010 010011010001 1011011110 11111101111 1111010110 01011101011 11101001101 011011101101 011010010 11011111001 1111011110 11101101101 1010010011 0011011001001 101001001011 11011011111 1010110010 11001101011 1010010110 11001101101 110010010 101001001011 1011011011 101101111110 111110010 110101111001 1111010110 101001001001 110010010 11101111001 01001111001 11001101111 0010111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

as, and, his