This is an analysis of Day Dream by Edward William Thomson.

WHEN high above the busy street
Some hidden voice poured Mary’s song,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dcd ef efgdg d fXfa hXhX a fafgf Xgf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,3,2,5,1,4,4,1,5,3,
  • Metre: 11010101 11011101 11110101 11000101 11110101 10010101 11110101 11011101 010011101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 111010101 11110101 01110101 11010111 01110101 01010101 11010111 01110111 11011111 11110101 01011101 011010001 10110101 11010101 01110101 011100101 10110101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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