This is an analysis of Yes by Charles Harpur.

MY SOUL is raying like a star,
My heart is happier than a bird,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc adad eeXe bfbf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 110100101 11011101 110101 01110101 11010001 110100101 010100 11110101 11000101 11000111 110101 01000101 01000101 11010100 110111 11011101 110100101 11010101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

my, a