This is an analysis of The Treasures Of The Deep by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.

What hid'st thou in thy treasure-caves and cells?
Thou hollow-sounding and mysterious main!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dadXbb dcdXcc efefgg hihiXbXbdbdcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 1110110111 11010101001 11001111101 11111000101 1111010101 111101 1101111101 1111011101 1101010101 1011010100 11011111101 111101 1101111111 0101000111 1111010001 11100010100 11001001101 110001 1101010111 1111110011 1111010101 0101001111 1111111101 110111 1101110111 0111111111 0111110101 1011011101 111101110100 110111 0101010111 11111010101 101111101001 1111010101 1101010101 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, thy

Anaphora

give, the