This is an analysis of To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe.

Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdc effef
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 10110001 1110101 110100011 010101001 001101 110011101 110111101 1111111 0010111 1001111 10110101 11111111 01010111 11000101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

thy

Anaphora

thy