This is an analysis of Shadows On The Floor by Henry Clay Work.

Saturday night! Saturday night!
The hope that lingered has taken to flight;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaX ddee ddffffbX gghhiXiX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,8,8,
  • Metre: 10011001 0111011001 01011001011 01111011001 11100011101 01111101111 11101001001 1010110110010 10011001 01001011111 11001111101 11101001101 10011001 01111011001 11001011001 01011001101 010100011001 11011011001 101101011111 111111110110 1001110011 01001011001 11101101001 11001011001 01011010001 0100110111110 11001101001 1011011111010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

he, to, in