This is an analysis of Once More by James Brunton Stephens.
I had not thought again to be
A dreamer of such dreams as these.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcddaeXebb bfbfdd cgcgff ededhh bb bXiiXbababb
- Stanza lengths: 6,12,6,6,6,2,11,
- Metre: 11110100 01001111 01101111 11010101 01010101 11000101 11110101 01010101 11111101 010100111 01110101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01110100 11010101 11011101 11010101 110111010 111101011 110111010 110101011 11011101 11110111 11100001 110010111 11110011 01110111 11111101 11010101 11110001 110110101 01011111 11010101 11010001 11000101 11011101 01011100 110011101 11111100 01011111 11110111 11111101 01010111 01100101 11010101 11010111 01010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
of, to, or, and
Anaphora
to
