This is an analysis of Rose Lorraine by Henry Kendall.

Sweet water-moons, blown into lights
   Of flying gold on pool and creek,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefgfg cfcfXhXh ihihjcjc dkdklmlm hnhnadad ohohkjkj
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011001 11011111 11011101 11011101 11011101 11010101 01010001 11010101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11011101 110101001 11011111 01011101 11011101 11011101 11011111 01110101 11110110 111111010 110010111 010111110 10110101 01111111 11111101 11110101 11010111 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01111101 10111101 11110101 11111101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11111101 110101001 11011111 11011111 11010101 010100001 11011111 010101001 11011101 11010101 11010111 10010101 11110111 11110111 11011111 110011111 110101011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

and, to, you, rose, i

Anaphora

and, the