This is an analysis of To Day by Lady Jane Wilde.

Has the line of the Patriots ended,
The race of the heroes failed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb cdcdee fgXgbb aeaehh Xiiijj hkhkffXfdfdaa bibiaa fhfhll bmbmeeXljljjj
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,13,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 1010010010 0100101 1010010100 110010010 111111001 1010001101 0010011010 0100111 111111010 01001011 101101001 10100101 111010010 01101001 1110011100 010101001 01111101 11001001 1111111010 1111011 110110110 1011001 101011011 100101 111111000 11101001 1011110010 1111000 101011111 10110101 101111010 101011001 101101110 101011001 111101001 110100100 1 011111010 01011101 0010010010 01111011 111011001 111010110 1111010010 101001011 1111010101 101101101 111111101 11001101 0011111010 11011011 1011110110 11001101 11101001 1011101001 111111010 100101111 1111010110 01011001 11111011 101111011 110010110 1010110011 1011111010 001001001 101011101 001001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 67

Repeated words/phrases

of, by, and

Anaphora

by