This is an analysis of The Orphan by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

Alone, alone! - no other face
Wears kindred smile, kindred line;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdada XeXeXbXb efcfcede ddgdbgeg XdXdgeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01011101 1101101 11111101 11110101 110101001 01010011 11000101 11110101 11011101 01110101 11110101 01110101 11110111 11010101 01110100 11111101 11010101 01011101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11110001 11111111 010011001 11011101 10110111 11011101 01001101 11111111 01010101 11010111 11000101 01011100 10111101 10010011 01100101 11010101001 11001101 111110010 01111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

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