This is an analysis of Helen's Star Stone by John Hay.
There was a red star stone, old poets feign,
Hung on the neck of Helen, the most fair…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddccd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101111101 1101010011 01001101001 1101110111 1101100101 01011001001 1101110101 01010111001 1101110101 1101011111 11010011101 110010111001 1011111101 1101010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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