This is an analysis of From An Upper Verandah by James Brunton Stephens.
What happier haunt could the gods allot
For loftiest musing to sage or bard?—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcb dbdb abab bbbb ebeb aXab ababcbcb fb fb Xbcb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,
- Metre: 1100110101 110100111 111101010001 11111001011 11010001111 1010110010100 11101100111 01111011011 111101111001 001101001101 1110110100 011011011011 11111001001 101001011011 110101101 11011011011 101100101001 11111101001 111011001001 101010011011 101101111111 10001011111 101001111001 111011011011 101111111011 111001111100 11001001001 111001011011 11101101011 1001001111101 111011011001 101001111011 101011101000 1110010111 101001001001 111011011011 11111001001 11101001011 10010011001 0111001011 1110100111 101111011011 101011101 0101011011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
of, my, in
Anaphora
and, oh
