This is an analysis of Atavism by John Hay.
O beauteous daughter of a mighty race!
In thy fair features and thy radiant eyes…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXbccbc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101000101 01110111001 1111010101 01100100111 1001001011 1011011100 0101001101 0111110101 11011100100 01110111001 10101010101 1101011101 0101011101 0101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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