This is an analysis of Why Weepest Thou? by Lady Jane Wilde.

Why weepest thou?
A few more hours dreary,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbbaccaADccdeedD
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1101 0111010 11100110 0101010111 1010101 1010101 010101111 1101 010101 110101 1011001 1001010101 1101001 110101 11101100101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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