This is an analysis of Ancient Greek Song Of Exile by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.

WHERE is the summer, with her golden sun?
-That festal glory hath not pass'd from earth:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababC XdXdC XdXXC ddddC ddXdc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1001000101 1101011101 1101010101 1001000101 101111 1101111111 1011010101 1011010100 011100100101 101111 11010101110 0101010101 10110011100 01110111010 101111 1101001101 0111010101 010010101001 1011010101 101111 10110101010 011110101 11110101010 1111011111 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 25

Anaphora

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