This is an analysis of Rome Unvisited by Oscar Wilde.

I.
THE corn has turned from grey to red,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccb deed beeb fggf X accX hddX daad X heeh biib agga ejhe X ghhg bhhbXjddj
  • Stanza lengths: 5,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,9,
  • Metre: 1 01110101 11110101 00110001 10100101 111111011 11110001 11101111 10010101 1110111 01010111 11001111 10110101 11010111 11010101 11010111 11101101 1 11110011 01111001 1100010101 0101110 110010101 11010101 01010111 010101000 110010101 10110101 10011001 01011101 1 01000101 11110101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11110100 11010101 01010001 11010111 01010101 11010101 01011101 11010001 11010101 11010101 01010111 1 11110111 01000100 11110101 11110101 011101001 01000101 11010101 10111001 111101001 11011101 11010101 01111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 17
  • Lines: 60

Anaphora

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