This is an analysis of The Stirrup Cup by John Hay.
My short and happy day is done,
The long and dreary night comes on;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaBb cdcd cecEXEeBb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 01110111 11110111 01010011 01010101 110101001 111101001 11011111 10110101 01010101 11010111 11011101 11011101 01110111 11110111 01110011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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Epiphora
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