This is an analysis of Nepenthe by George Darley.

O BLEST unfabled Incense Tree,
That burns in glorious Araby,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbbb ccdd eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11100011 110100100 01110001 11111001 11000101 00111101 10101111 10110101 010110110 110101010 01110101 01111101 01001101 11101001 010111001 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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