This is an analysis of Ultima Thule: The Iron Pen by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
I thought this Pen would arise
From the casket where it lies--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaba aaca ccXc bbdb bbXb ddad eeXe ccXX ccbc ddXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101101 0010101 00110111 111101 111011001 1111001 001000111 11011001 10101001 0100101 11001011 00100101 10100101 1110111 10101101 01001101 1100111 10101001 101001001 10100100 111111 10101101 00101001 1111101 1111101 0110101 0011111 1011111 1110111 0010101 10100101 01101100 10111011 111011101 101101001 11001001 10100100 10100101 101001011 1010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
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