This is an analysis of Siege Perilous by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Long warned of many terrors more severe
To scorch him than hell’s engines could awaken,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghghXbbbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1101010101 01111101010 1101110011 01011111010 1101010101 10010101010 1111111001 11010101110 11001010111 01010111110 0101111011 11010101110 1111010101 010011111110 1111011111 10110111110 0111110101 11110101010 0101110101 11010111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
to, he
