This is an analysis of Ripley by Henry Timrod.
Rich in red honors, that upon him lie
As lightly as the Summer dews…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad efef dgdg hihi jkjk dldlXkjkj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1011010111 11010101 1111010101 010101 1100011101 010101010 0100111101 11001010 11010100001 11010101 1101001101 100101 1110010111 11110101 1011010101 0100101 1111110101 11010111 11010010001 110101 1101010001 01010101 1101110101 1001001 1101010101 11110001 1111011011 110111 0100111101 111001101 1111011111 111101 1101011111 01000101 11010100111 010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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