This is an analysis of Lydd by Katharine Lee Bates.
For the Reunion of the Bates Family at Quincy, August 3, 1916
FAR away on the sunny levels…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabccadaXabeeefefaeggdhdhaeeeafafXgiijkjkegjjadadajXhXaXaaXlladXX
- Stanza lengths: 65,
- Metre: 100100011001101011 101101010 111100101 11001111001 011101101 111101010 010100101 100101110 110101101 111001010 110101111 1011011011 11100111 11001011010 11010101 11101010110 1111110101 1101101010 1010101 010101101 11100101 10111001110 111100111 1111001110 010101101 111101010 101000111 11101011 101111011 100101110 1101000111 1111001110 111100111 110111010 11100100101 111011011 1110100101 1001010010 100101111 1101011010 1011110101 110101010 0101101001 01110101 101111001 1011110110 10111001 01001101010 100100101 01111001100 100101011 1001001010 10101101 1010111100 011111101 0110001100 110010101 10111010010 1011101001 10101001 100101111 1111111010 11011001101 1011010100 0100100101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 65
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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