This is an analysis of The Unattained by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

A vision beauteous as the morn,
With heavenly eyes and tresses streaming,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcb dXdeffXf gagahfhf iXiXejejXXiX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,12,
  • Metre: 01010101 0100111010 110100111 110101010 11011101 10101110100 111010101 110101110 101111111 110101010 11010001 10101110101 110100010 010011010 110111110 111111110 101010101 110111110 11010101 010111010 11010101 111101010 11000101 110101010 101010101 111111010 11110101 110101011 11011101 111111010 10010101 111101110 010001000 110111011 000101101 1101111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 36