This is an analysis of Excelsior by Francis Bret Harte.
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Eastern village passed…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaX X bbXX X aaXX X ccXX X aXXX X aadX X XcdX X aaaX X
- Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,
- Metre: 01010101 11110101 01111111 01011101100 11111111010100 01111101 10100101 11010111 11010101100 11010010110100 11110101 11010111 11010101 11010101100 101111110110100 111100111 11010011 01010111 11000101100 111111010110100100 11010111 11110101 11011101 11010111100 111110110100 10011111 01011101 11111001 11010111100 10110111100100100 11011100 11010101 11010101 11110110100 111101001010100 11010111 10110011 11110111 11110101100 1101011010111010100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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