This is an analysis of Ariadne Waking by James Henry Leigh Hunt.

The moist and quiet morn was scarcely breaking,
When Ariadne in her bower was waking;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXXeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01110111010 110100010110 0111010111 1100010101 1001101001 1100010101 11011110101 0101011011 0101010110 0101000101 01111001001 01010000101 1001011101 1111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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