This is an analysis of Lines. by Frances Anne Kemble.

In visions countless as the golden motes
That dance upon the sun's earth-kissing beams,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXcddceebbXXXcacacddff
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101011101 0101111101 1111111111 10010111010 01010111100 0101010101 011110101 1111010101 1001010111 010110101 1011010001 01000101001 1111010111 0101011101 0101011000 11110011010 1001010101 1101110101 0011011101 1101111111 0101110000 1011110111 1101011111 1101111100 0001010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

my, in, and, i