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

Oh, we are the phantoms of rovers lost
See how the mocking mirages play!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbb XCXccccC cdcdXXdd eAeXffaA
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1110100101 110100101 111101101 110101101 111001101 111111111 11101101 110100101 0101100111 110100101 1110111111 1110100101 01011011001 10101100101 111100101 110100101 100100111 10010101 100110101 110100101 100100101 0010100110 100101101 100100101 11101011011 101100101 1111101001 1001111100 10011001011 111101111101 110101001 101100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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