This is an analysis of Wind On The Lyre by George Meredith.

That was the chirp of Ariel
You heard, as overhead it flew,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababababab
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 11010100 11110101 01010101 11110111 11010111 10110101 11110101 11010101 01010101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Anaphora

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