This is an analysis of Adelaide Ironside by James Brunton Stephens.
Knowest thou now, O Love! Oh pure from the death of thy summer of sweetness!
Seest thou now, O new-born Delight of the Ransomed and Free!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd efef abab Xcgc dddd gdgd Xbhbh igXig dbXb baba XdXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,4,4,4,
- Metre: 101111110010110010 111111010010011 111001010111100100110 1111101111011011 1001111100101110110 1001011101011001 111111011010010010 1001011111001011 100111111110010010 11100100011101011 1010010010010110110 110010011010001001 11111110010010010 1001101101101011 11110101010110010 1111001001001001 11111111011000110 10111010001001000 11010010010010010 11010010010010111 110111111010110010 1001011011011001 0010010110110111010 111001001101101001 10110111111111010 001000111001001101 0010110001010011010 111111101111111011 11111111011101111 1 001001001001010001 10101100110101111001 1001001001011001 1010010011110011010 0010010011110101111 101011111110000100 10 1110100101001111001 111110110100111010 00110011110101101 1010110110101010000 11101101111101111 1011011010111011111 111111010110010000 11110110111010011 111100100101001 111111111010110100 11010010010111001 11110110010110010 1111101001101101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
of, for, thou, in, and, thy, how, art, that, have, thee, to, i
Anaphora
not, how
