This is an analysis of Hayeswater by Matthew Arnold.

A region desolate and wild.
Black, chafing water: and afloat,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXX dedeccbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 01010011 11010101 11010101 00110101 11111101 01110101 11010101 01011100 01010111 11010101 01011101 01010111 01011101 010011101 11110101 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

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