This is an analysis of How Clear She Shines by Emily Jane Brontë.

How clear she shines! How quietly
I lie beneath her guardian light;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdede fcfc ghghfcfc bibidcda bhbhjkjklhlh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,8,8,12,
  • Metre: 11111100 110101001 1101111001 1011111010 11011101 11010101 11110101 11111111 010101101 11011101 01111101 11010101 11101011 11010101 11111111 11111101 11010111 01101101 11011101 01010101 10101101 1101001001 01010101 01011100 11111101 11110111 11010111 11010100 11010101 01011101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 110111001 11010101 11010001 11010001 11011111 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

and, world, thy, that, of

Anaphora

and, thy