This is an analysis of Quand Meme by John Hay.
I strove, like Israel, with my youth,
And said, Till thou bestow…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded ffff ghgh bfbf didi jdjdXieie
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110011 111101 01111111 101111 11011111 010001 10010111 010111 11110111 110111 11010101 111101 11110101 111101 11111111 010101 01101111 010101 01010111 110101 10110111 111001 1100101011 010101 11001101 010111 10010101 110011 11110101 010101 01110101 110101 11011111 111111 110011101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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