This is an analysis of Canzone by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Ah me! ah me! when thinking of the years,
The vanished years, alas, I do not find…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccabbddee
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 1111110000 0100011111 0101111111 01010100001 0101010101 1101011111 1111111101 1001101101 110111 01110111110 11110101110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

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