This is an analysis of Song Of The Cub by James Clerk Maxwell.

I know not what this may betoken,
That I feel so wondrous wise;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc bdbdbbXb Xaaaebeb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 111101100 1111101 110010010 11011011 101001010 1101011 1010110010 11001011 111010010 01011001 1111010010 111101001 010111111 010111011 111001100 11001001 111111010 11111001 111010110 11111001 110111010 11011001 100010010 1111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

i, of

Anaphora

i, o