This is an analysis of Longing by Matthew Arnold.

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AABB ccbb XXddXAABB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10101111 11110101 11010111 01010001 11110101 010001001 11111110 11010101 11110101 11111101 11111111 111111001 10101111 11110101 11010111 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

as, and, my

Anaphora

and