This is an analysis of Excelsior by Francis William Bourdillon.
If one should strive to reach a star,
He would not build a ladder high,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb bdbd efef
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01110101 11110101 11110111 11110101 11110111 01000101 11010111 11110111 10110101 11010111 11110110 01110101 11011100 11110101 11111101 10111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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