This is an analysis of A New Theme by George William Russell.

I FAIN would leave the tender songs
I sang to you of old,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaa cdcd efef fXfX gege
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 10011101 010101 11110101 110101 110001001 010101 11111101 0100111 01010101 110101 11100101 011101 01010111 010101 11010101 010100 01110101 100111 11011101 110101 11100101 100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

Anaphora

i, the, and