This is an analysis of Salvation by Lady Jane Wilde.

When the gloom is deepest round thee;
When the bands of grief have bound thee,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbc adadaaeXXXXXXeXefafa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,20,
  • Metre: 10101011 10101111 10100110 10100101 110101010 1011001 11101011 10111010 11111011 11101010 10111111 11110011 10010111 0101001010 100111100 001011000 101010100 00101100 11101110 1101101 11001010 1010101 011010111 10111011 10011011 10111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

not, thee, thou

Anaphora

when

Epiphora

thee