This is an analysis of In The Harbour: Chimes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Sweet chimes! that in the loneliness of night
Salute the passing hour, and in the dark…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcdbcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1110010001 01010101001 1101000111 01000100101 1111110101 1101010001 0111010111 1111010011 1011000101 10100101101 0001010101 01001110111 1011001101 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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