This is an analysis of Erskine by John Le Gay Brereton.

A singing voice is in my dream
The voice of Erskine, on his boulders,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc aeea feef gddg heehXheeh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01010011 010111010 1001101110 100101001 110111001 110111010 010101010 110101001 11110011 111111010 110100110 11010101 11010101 010101010 111101010 110101001 11110111 111101010 111101010 111100001 11110101 111100010 110011110 11011111 111100101 010101110 1111011010 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

and, love, us

Anaphora

and