This is an analysis of Discipline by Lady Jane Wilde.

Close the starry dream‐portal,
We must tread earth again,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd ebebaf af dadaXfdf bgXgahah ijijXfgf dfdfklkl
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,2,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1010100 111101 1011010 111101 1111010 101011 1011010 101001 1011111 111011 1011011 111011 1011010 111011 1011010 111101 0010110 1111011 0010010 101101 001100 101111 0010010 111101 0011001 101001 1011110 101101 1011010 101011 1010010 101011 1011110 01001 1010110 010001 1111110 001001 1011111 100101 1110110 011101 110110 001101 1111110 101101 1011110 101011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 48