This is an analysis of The Six Bards by James Macpherson.
Night is dull and dark,
The clouds rest on the hills;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdbXcbebfghgcbeahcifgcfbXgddXeiddibd
- Stanza lengths: 40,
- Metre: 10111 011101 1101001 111001 1101001 11011110 01001010 100101 001101001 010111 11011101 1010101 111101 00101001 0101010 01110101 010101 1101001 111101 010001001 01110101 1111001 10110101 110101 110101 1101001 01001101 111111 0101001 1101101 1101001 0111001 010110 011011 010101 110101 1101001 10101101 0110111 011001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 40
Anaphora
no, the, she, he
Epiphora
night
