This is an analysis of The Verse Of Coleridge’s ‘christobel’ by Charles Harpur.

MARK yon runnel how ’tis flowing,
Like a sylvan spirit dreaming…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeebbffcXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 11101110 10101010 000111010 10110010 1110101 10011001 01010001 11011001 1010101 10101001 01010101 10011001 10110101 1001101 010001010 11111010 1010101 01110100 11 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20