This is an analysis of The Venetian Gondolier by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Here rest the weary oar! -- soft airs
Breathe out in the o'erarching sky;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaa acac dede abaf aaaa gbgf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111 110010001 111101001 01010101 10110101 11010011 11011111 01010101 1100101101 1111011001 1101011 01010101 11010101 111010001 11010101 00111111 11010111 10110001 10010101 01000100 11110111 01010011 11010111 11010101 01100111 01010111 11010111 01100100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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