This is an analysis of A Paean by Edgar Allan Poe.

How shall the burial rite be read?
The solemn song be sung?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab X cdcd X eaea X fXfX g gbXb g haha X idid X bjbj X kdkd X ekek XXjiji
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
  • Metre: 110100101 010101 0100101001 110111 1 0111010 110101 1110010 110001 1 110101 11100101 1110101 1110111 1 111111 00101001 1110101 1111111 1 111110 101101 11001100 1011111 1 110101 011101 111101 0011011 1 001111 1011 0010101 1010101 1 11010111 110101 10110011 1000100 1 110111 1111111 111111 101111 1 011111 1111110 0100101 01110010 1 110101 1011001 111111 001011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 21
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

her, they, dead, thou, too

Anaphora

the, and, that