This is an analysis of Silentium Amoris by Oscar Wilde.

AS oftentimes the too resplendent sun
Hurries the pallid and reluctant moon…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba cdceed fXfgge
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1001010101 100111111 0101000100 1111011101 1111010101 1111010101 110101101 1001110101 1101010001 1111010111 1111011101 1101011101 1111011110 1001011111 1011010100 1101010100 01001011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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