This is an analysis of Forsaken. (From The German) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Something the heart must have to cherish,
Must love and joy and sorrow learn,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef Xgdg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100111010 11111101 100101110 10010101 100111010 10110101 100101110 10010100 011101110 11110100 111111010 11110101 100101110 11110101 010111110 01010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

until