This is an analysis of Song Of The Manes by John Kenyon.

Come, dance we now in friendly band;
The Manes twinkling Hesperus calls;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXacfbd abagXbXfXgceebXg
  • Stanza lengths: 12,16,
  • Metre: 11110101 011001001 10011001001 100101 11010111 11010101 11011111 111101 11111111 10111101 01111101 1100101 10101101 111111010 10111101 010101 11110101 11010101 11010100 11111 11110101 111001001 11010101 111101 11111001 11111111 11011101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

thrice, thou, like

Anaphora

thrice