This is an analysis of Helas! by Oscar Wilde.
To drift with every passion till my soul
Is a stringed lute on which all winds can play,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXacdccdd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 01010010111 0011111111 00101111001 1101010101 1011001101 1101110101 0101111100 1111010001 1011011111 0111101100 1111010101 0111100101 1011010001 1111010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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