This is an analysis of Persephone by Jean Ingelow.
Subject given—'Light and Shade.'
She stepped upon Sicilian grass,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X ababccX dedfggg hfhciiX XcgcggX jkjXccX eXeXccX eceXggg blblccX ihihcXX iciXccX eXeiccX hehXggX mXmXccX ekekcfX akakccX gfgXggX
- Stanza lengths: 1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 01101110 110101001 10010111 010101001 110010101 01010101 11010101 100100 11110101 1101101 10010101 11000100 11110101 11010101 01010101 110011101 110010100 11010101 110001001 01110111 11010111 100100 111111100 01110111 11011111 01010101 11011101 110100101 01010100 11011111 01010111 11011101 010011100 11010100 01111101 100100 10010101 11010111 11010101 01110100 11111101 11111101 1001000 11010101 11010101 01011101 100100 110101001 11010111 11000101 01010101 01111101 01110101 11100101 01010101 10010111 1101100 11011101 01110001 11010101 010110001 01110101 11011101 11001000 110110001 11010101 11010111 10010110 01010101 10011111 11111000 11011101 110010001 10010101 01011001 01010111 11111101 1111100 11110001 11011101 111111001 11000110 01010100 110111001 11010100 01110101 11011101 01010101 10010100 11010111 11110101 100100 10010101 10111001 110011101 11010101 01111111 011100100 11001100 01011101 110101001 11110101 01010111 01011101 11011101 1111100 010111101 01110100 11111101 1101100 11010101 110100101 01010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 113
Repeated words/phrases
light, her
Anaphora
what, ah
