This is an analysis of Wendover by Jean Ingelow.

Uplifted and lone, set apart with our love
On the crest of a soft swelling down…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba acda Xece Xbdb abXb acXc Xada
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10011101011 101001101 11111101111 11011001 1001101001 101011011 001111101101 101001011 111011111111 101101101 111111111101 111011001 101011101011 111001001 111101101101 101101001 101101111001 101101001 111111011001 11011001 101011101111 11001101 101111101101 101011101 10110101111110 1011110101 111011001111 11011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

on, and, life, it, '

Anaphora

and, 'was