This is an analysis of The Legends Of The Rhine by Francis Bret Harte.
Beetling walls with ivy grown,
Frowning heights of mossy stone;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbccddaA eXaaffgghhaA eeaaabbhhbaA ggffhhaa eeiibbaA
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,8,8,
- Metre: 1010101 1010101 1000101 1010001 1011100 1010100 10010101 1010101 10111010 10111110 1010001 0010001 1110101 1001100 1110101 1000101 1010001 1110101 1000101 1010101 1010101 10101001 1010110 0010001 1110101 1010111 1000101 1000101 1011101 1011101 1110101 1110101 1010101 1110101 1010011 0010001 1000101 1010101 1010011 1000101 1010101 1011101 1011101 10010001 11011101 11010101 11001101 01011101 11010101 11110101 0010101 0010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 52
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