This is an analysis of Too Long, O Spirit Of Storm by Henry Timrod.

Too long, O Spirit of Storm,
Thy lightning sleeps in its sheath!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XdXd efXf XbXXXaece
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111001 1101001 11100101101 10100101 11011101 1101101 1011110111 101101 011111 011101101 1111111001 01001011 111101111 0111101 110110101 1010101 1101111 1101101 11100101101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

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