This is an analysis of Despair by Marian Osborne.

The darkness of the night bewildering
Falls on a world of chaos, and alone…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0100010100 1101010101 1111010101 010111111 1101110011 0111110101 0100100101 1111011111 0101010100 1111010101 0111001101 1111110101 1101110101 1011110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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