This is an analysis of The Belfrey Of Bruges by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
In the market-place of Bruges stands the belfrey old and brown;
Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded, still it watches o'er the town.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bX cc dd ee cc ff ee aa XX bb Xf bb aa bb gg Xg bX ddXdd
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 001010101010111 1011110010101001 1010111011101011 101110101010100 101110101011101 101010101110111 1110101000010111 10011101010110001 1011001011101010 1110101010001010 011010101010111 101011101110101 111001101010101 011010101010101 1010111010110010 1011101010100010 1000101010010111 1110100101010101 101000101010101 10001110101010 110010101011101 101110101110101 101010100110100 100010101110111 1101101001010101 110010101000111 101010101011001 101101010110001 110010100101101 101000101000101 101110001011101 1110001001010101 1010100101010101 101011001000101 1010110010011101 101101110101000010 101010110010101 101011101001111 1011011101011101 101100101010101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and, with, saw
Anaphora
i, and, saw
