This is an analysis of The Domain by John Le Gay Brereton.

The bulging cloud mounts lazily
In shade where sunlight glances through,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dddd efef gege hihi jeje gkgk flfl ieie emem mcma neneXllll
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01011100 01111101 11010001 11000001 01011101 010010101 110100101 11010111 11011101 110010101 11100101 11010101 11010101 11000101 11010111 01000101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 101101001 01000101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11000101 11100101 110010101 01001101 10010101 11000111 01010101 01011101 11110101 11000111 01110101 11010101 10110011 01010101 01010111 11010011 11110101 11010100 11010101 11010101 10110111 1100011 10010101 11110101 01010111 01000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 52

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

and, the, that