This is an analysis of A Midnight Meditation by George William Russell.

HOW often have I said,
“We may not grieve for the immortal dead.”…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccffgghhddiiffhhbbjjkkllbbgghhmmeeddaaeeXfhhaahh
  • Stanza lengths: 58,
  • Metre: 110111 1111100101 11111 1101110001 100111 0111010101 111101 10111100101 110101 1100010101 110101 11001101111 001101 1001010111 110001 1011010101 1100111 1101000101 011111 1001010001 010111 1101110101 010111 11110010101 101101 1111010101 110111 1101011101 100101 1101010100 010101 11010100101 010101 0101110111 110101 1001000101 110111 1101000101 110101 01101010101 1011001 1111110101 111111 1101010101 111111 1111011101 110100 1111000101 110011 0001010001 0111100 1011101101 110101 0101010101 111101 0111010101 110101 0110010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 58

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