This is an analysis of Desire by Matthew Arnold.
Thou, who dost dwell alone;
Thou, who dost know thine own;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaBB ccddeebB fffXggXchhaaiibB affajjjjB kjkjllmmll llXnngggiXajBB
- Stanza lengths: 5,8,16,9,10,14,
- Metre: 111101 111111 101111 0010001 111 001010 01010 01110 01110 01101 011101 10111101 111 1011010 11110 1011010 011110 10111 1101 100110 100101 111111 110001 1001010 001010 00111 001100 10011001 111 000110 001010 11110 0110110 0110110 0111110 0111010 111010 111 01110100 111111 1101010 111101 110111 111101 111111 110101 1011011101 1111 110111 111111 1001000 111111 11101 11101 110101 1101 11110 11100 10110 11010 0010001 111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
thou, from, to, that, where, all, be, no
Anaphora
thou, from, where, o, let, all
