This is an analysis of Theocritus by Oscar Wilde.

O SINGER of Persephone!
In the dim meadows desolate…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaB caX XaB caX baB caXB
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Metre: 1100100 00111100 11010100 11010101 11010101 1100100 101110 11011101 11010100 11011101 11000101 1100100 11010100 11010001 11010100 11010111 11010101 1100100 11010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 19