This is an analysis of Cadmus And Harmonia by Matthew Arnold.

Far, far from here,
The Adriatic breaks in a warm bay…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaacadd cXadcdca cbXefgegfXdbdgaagbg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,19,
  • Metre: 1101 0101010011 01010100111 0110010101 11011001 01010111 101101010 11001111 111111111 1101010100 1001110111 0101010111 1111110101 1011010101 1001010011 1110100101 111110001001 11110101 0101000100 10111101 10111011 1011010011 0111110101 01101101 1101010101 11101111 0101101101 010111 1100010101 0110010111 11001101 1001111111 11110111 1101011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 34

Repeated words/phrases

and, nor

Anaphora

nor