This is an analysis of Villanelle Of Acheron by Ernest Christopher Dowson.
By the pale marge of Acheron,
Me thinks we shall pass restfully,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXA abX abA acX acA aXXA
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,4,
- Metre: 10110100 11111100 01010101 11110111 10010111 10110100 11111101 11011100 01010101 11010111 11011100 10110100 10010111 01010100 01010101 10111011 1101100 10110100 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 19
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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