This is an analysis of Retirement by James Beattie.
When in the crimson cloud of Even,
The lingering light decays,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedeafaf bgbghaha iaiajkjk dbdbidid gdgdgcgc acacggb bkbkigig didielel mdmdiaXa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,
- Metre: 100101010 0100101 110101010 0100101 10010101 010101 01010101 010101 11010011 11001001 11011101 100101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 01111101 111001 1001100101 010111 101101010 111101 110111010 110101 11111101 1100111 111100101 110101 111011001 1101001 110101101 011101 11010101 010101 10010101 110101 110101111 110101 11000101 010111 11110101 010101 01011111 010001 11010101 010101 01010101 1101001 11110101 111101 11010111 1100101 101011101 10011101 010101 11010111 0101001 110001010 010101 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 10110101 1101001 11010101 110001 11010111 110101 110100101 110101 11110101 010101 11111101 1100101 111100111 0101001 101101010 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 79
Repeated words/phrases
nor, thy
Anaphora
thy, nor, no