This is an analysis of The Country Retreat by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

OH lone and lovely solitude,
Washed by the sounding sea;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fafa bgbg hbhb iaia jgjg haha hhhhakakXgege
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,13,
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 10100101 110101 110001001 010101 01110111 1101111 01110101 011101 010100101 010101 1101101 1100101 111101001 110101 111101001 100111 11111101 010101 11111111 110110 010100101 0100111 11010101 010101 010100101 110001 111101110 010101 111101110 101101 10010111 010111 010010100 1011001 11010111 010111 01010011 111111 01110001 010101 11010101 0100101 11000101 110111 11010101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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