This is an analysis of A Song In The Night: I Would I Were An Angel Strong, by George MacDonald.

I would I were an angel strong,
An angel of the sun, hasting along!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 11101101 1100011001 11101101 0110001101 11110101 110011101001 110111001 1111010101 11010101 1111100101 11011111 1001110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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