This is an analysis of The Seaside And The Fireside : Dedication by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
As one who, walking in the twilight gloom,
Hears round about him voices as it darkens,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXab bcbc dedX eeee dfdf gbgb dcdc hihi bbbb jeje kdkd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111000111 11011101010 1101010111 10010111110 1101011111 11110101010 1111010111 01010101010 0101011111 110100111010 1101110101 110010111000 1101001111 11110111010 1101110101 11011111010 1100110101 110101011100 0111010001 1101011010100 0101110001 11110101010 1101100101 10010111010 0111110101 01011101110 1101110011 11010101010 1011111101 11010011010 1111110001 11010111010 1101111111 1010101001110 1001010101 00111111010 1111011111 10110100010 1101000101 01010100010 1111110101 111101101110 0111010101 11111011010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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