This is an analysis of Aileen by Henry Kendall.
A splendid sun betwixt the trees
Long spikes of flame did shoot,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccXb deddde fggggg Xaggga gehhhX ifXjjdXeeeX XaiiiX daeeeX ehgggXXeahhha
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,11,6,6,13,
- Metre: 01010101 110101 11000101 01011101 11010101 111101 1111011001 010101 11110101 11010101 11000101 110101 11010111 110101 11111111 01011101 110010101 010101 11110101 0101010 11011101 11011101 01111111 0100010 11010101 011101 11011101 01011101 11001101 1101010 01010101 010101 111111110 01110101 100110101 11010100101101111 111100 11111111 11011111 01011101 010101 101100101 01011101 11000101 110101001 11011111 01110010 111010111 0100010 11111101 01011100 11110101 01110100 101111001 110111 11110111 01111101 010101101 10101110 110011111 110101 01011101 11011101 11010111 010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 65
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
the, oh