This is an analysis of The Voice by Matthew Arnold.

As the kindling glances,
Queen-like and clear,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbabXX XcXcbcdd effeeeddgXhhigiXffebbeded
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,25,
  • Metre: 101010 1111 101110 00101 101010 00101 101101100100 1011 101010 1011 11011 10101 1010111 11011 110101110101 1011 11111 001110 1010100010010 01110101001 0101010101 1011010100 11101101 001101 11001100 11001100 1101010001 011101 1100011101 11000010100 101101 011101 11011101 1101011111 1111100111 010011 1101010010 11110 1111010111 11110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

a, so, those