This is an analysis of Alice by Herbert Bashford.

Of deepest blue of summer skies
Is wrought the heaven of her eyes.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd dd XX ee XX XX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 01010101 01010001 01110101 01010001 01110001 01010001 100100101 01010001 11110101 01010001 01110101 01010100 01111101 01010001 11111101 01101101 11010101 11101101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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