This is an analysis of Daphne by Henry Kendall.

Daphne! Ladon's daughter, Daphne! Set thyself in silver light,
Take thy thoughts of fairest texture, weave them into words of white -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddbb eebbffXXccbb aaccggbbbbhh
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,
  • Metre: 101010101100101 111010101000101 101011101010111 101010101010101 1110001001010111 101110101110101 10101101010101 111110101110101 101110101010111 101011110010101 1111101010101001 101010100010111 10101011010111110 1010101000101010 111011101010101 111111101010101 111111101111111 101010101110101 101010101010101 10110100101010101 101010111011101 101010111010111 111010101110111 1010101010010101 111110101010111 011010101011101 111010101110101 001011100011101 111111101010101 101110101111101 1110111010111001 101010111011101 111111101010101 1010010101010101 001110101010111 111011101101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

of, daphne, and, he