This is an analysis of Hebe by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

YOUTH! thou art a lovely time,
With thy wild and dreaming eyes;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dbXbbb efefgg hihidd XgXghh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1110101 0111101 1010011 1011101 1111111 1110101 1111101 1011111 1110101 1110101 10101010 10011010 1111111 1010101 1010111 1110101 1110111 1110111 1011101 10100101 1011111 0010101 1011101 10100101 1111101 1110101 11111110 1011111 1110101 1010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

let, of, and

Anaphora

let