This is an analysis of Kismet by Edward William Thomson.

QUIET, my heart! My brain must be
Untroubled by your anxious pain.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ab XbXX c acadd
  • Stanza lengths: 2,4,1,5,
  • Metre: 10111110 01011101 110100100 01010101 10111111 11011110 11011101 11110111 10001101 11111111 10111101 01001101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 13