This is an analysis of A Servian Song by Lady Jane Wilde.

Wherefore neighest thou so sadly?
Stampest with the hoof so madly?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff aagg ccXX eeffXeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 100101110 10001110 1111101 0110111 11111101 10011011 1111101 1011101 11101110 10101010 10111001 1010001 10111010 11001110 1011101 1011101 110100101 10111011 1011110 11001101 10101010 111001010 10111001 1011101 11101010 10101010 1011101 1110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Epiphora

thee, me, d