This is an analysis of Escape by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

Sing me to sleep when I go West;
But sing you, soft and low,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXaXb cdcdeeed ababfffb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011111 111111 11001010 1111101 11010100 11100111 11011100 1110101 110100011 10110111 11010111 1111101 110111101 1010111101 11000111 1011111 11011111 010111 01110101 1010111 1010110101 00110100111 11111101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, i

Anaphora

not