This is an analysis of Song In The Songless by George Meredith.

They have no song, the sedges dry,
And still they sing.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbabaab
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11110101 1111 00011111 1111 01111101 1101 10110101 0111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

they

Epiphora

sing