This is an analysis of Sweet Silence After Bells by Christopher John Brennan.

Sweet silence after bells!
deep in the enamour'd ear…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aba bab acX Xdc dedXeaea
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,8,
  • Metre: 110101 10010001 101101 100111 010101 010011 110101 110101 011010 010101 0101001 010101 110101 110101 1010101 110101 010111 0101011 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 19