This is an analysis of Moss On A Wall by Henry Kendall.
Dim dreams it hath of singing ways,
Of far-off woodland water-heads,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbX caca cdcd eeee afaf ghgh aaaa cccc cece daXa hihi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 01111101 11010101 01010101 11000101 10010101 10010101 110111001 01011101 01010101 11010101 110111001 11000101 01010001 01010101 11111111 11010101 01110101 01010001 11000101 01010101 11001101 11010101 11010101 11010001 11010001 01000101 01011101 11010111 110101001 11000111 010111001 01011101 01010101 11010111 010010101 11110111 01110111 11011101 11110101 11110101 11010111 010111100 11110101 10111101 11010111 11110001 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
a, and
