This is an analysis of The Homely Pathetic by Francis Bret Harte.
The dews are heavy on my brow;
My breath comes hard and low;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabacded dfXfXfffXdcecdfbf
- Stanza lengths: 8,17,
- Metre: 01110111 111111 11011101 011111 11111101 111101 11111101 010111 01110111 111101 010011101 011101 11010101 011101 11011100 111111 11110101 110101 11010101 110111 11011101 111101 01011111 010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
where
Epiphora
rail
