This is an analysis of A Call Of The Sidhe by George William Russell.

TARRY thou yet, late lingerer in the twilight’s glory:
Gay are the hills with song: earth’s faery children leave…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcceecXffcdggd
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 10111100001010 110101110101 1110001011101 100110010111010 1101011101110 110111100101 100101010101 1111100101010 1001011011010 1100101100101 110101110101 11010011001010 11110101010 100101011101 110101010111 1001010101010 11111111010010 110111010001 101101010111 1001010101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

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