This is an analysis of Abou Ben Adhem by James Henry Leigh Hunt.

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXccccXXXdX eeee Xd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,4,2,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0111001101 1101011001 10011101001 11010001010 0101111101 1001000111 101010010101 1001101101 10110111010 100110010110110 0101001111 11011110111 11111101010 0101110011 01010011001 1101110111 1111011101 0100010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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