This is an analysis of "Me Thinks This Heart..." by Emily Jane Brontë.

Me thinks this heart should rest awhile
So stilly round the evening falls…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe efef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 11010101 01111101 11110111 11110101 10010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 101101111 110010101 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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