This is an analysis of Comfort by George William Russell.

DARK head by the fireside brooding,
Where upon your ears…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeXe fgfg Xdbd bhbh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111010110 10111 10001010 10111 10100110 10111 10111110 11111 10101110 10101 101001010 11101 10101010 00101 10111010 10001 0010101 11001 1010101 10111 1110111 10101 0010101 10111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24