This is an analysis of The Angler's Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

From the river's plashy bank,
Where the sedge grows green and rank,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccdXbd bbdcXd eefeef ccegge
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 0010101 1011111 10101001 1010101 0010111 1010101 1011101 10000101 1010101 1010101 0010111 1010111 10010101 1011001 0010101 1010101 1010111 1001111 1110111 1010111 1010101 1111101 0010101 1000101 1010101 1111101 10111001 1111111 1011001 1010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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