This is an analysis of Niagara Falls by James Bernard Dollard.

I look below B Niagara torrent white
Is eager hurrying to the dread abyss;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacca ccXccX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 11011010101 01010000101 1101010101 1001010101 0101010101 010111101101 01001010101 11010011010 11111101101 1001010101 01000100011 1101010101 1101010111 1101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14