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

Oft I remember those I have known
In other days, to whom my heart was lead…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 110101111 0101011111 1101011111 11011100101 0101110011 1101011111 01011101101 10010010101 1001001010 1101010011 10010010101 11011100111 10110110101 1101010010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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