This is an analysis of The House Of Earth by Francis Joseph Sherman.

O ye disconsolate and heavy-souled,
That evening cometh when ye too shall learn…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabb aabca ddac
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,4,
  • Metre: 11100011010 1101011111 0101111101 01010010101 1111000111 1001111101 1111011111 0111110101 1101110101 1110111101 1101111111 1101111111 0101011101 01110100111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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