This is an analysis of Regret by Charlotte Brontë.

Long ago I wished to leave
" The house where I was born; "…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcccc bdbdefef ghghdbdb cicidbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011101 10111111 1011101 111101 01000101 010101 11101001 10000101 1110111 11111 1110001 100101 1001101 111111 111101101 110101 1111101 11101 1001001 1100101 1111101 11011 1111111 111101 1011101 1010111 101001001 110111 11111001 110101 11101111 100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

i

Anaphora

farewell