This is an analysis of Serenade by Henry Timrod.

Hide, happy damask, from the stars,
What sleep enfolds behind your veil,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dedeefef
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11010001 11100111 11000101 11010111 11010111 010001001 11010111 01010001 11010111 110101001 11111111 01010111 11011101 01110101 11110001 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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