This is an analysis of Enshrined by Edward William Thomson.

SINCE Lois died the tyrant Sun
Drags haggard in his orbit bound…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab c dcd ad aX eaeXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,3,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 11010101 11000101 01011101 11110101 01001101 11011101 1101101101 11100001 11110101 11110101 11010101 01010001 10110101 01111001 001100100 11110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 16