This is an analysis of The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allan Poe.

Lo! 'tis a gala night
Within the lonesome latter years!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcbXb cdcdbdbd eaeafafa agagbgbg hihifiXi
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110101 01010100 110110010 011101 10010001 010111 101001100 010001 100010111 101101 1101101 11011111 11001101 110100011 10011101 01001 11010101 011001 001011101 1011101 10101101000 00111 110101101 11001001 11010101 010101 011111001 010101 0100100101 0100101 11011101 010101 1110111 11011001 01001001 11001001 101011011 01001001 101001001 101001001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, out

Anaphora

and, a