This is an analysis of Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Where, from the eye of day,
The dark and silent river…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fefe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100101 0111010 01110101 10101110 010111 0111110 01010101 1101010 110111 01001010 11010111 0111110 110111 0101110 010110001 0101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16