This is an analysis of To Milton by Oscar Wilde.
MILTON! I think thy spirit hath passed away
From these white cliffs, and high-embattled towers;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacaaccX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 10111101101 01111101010 01010010101 1100010111 1011100101 01111111010 11111100110 1111010101 1001011111 0100110001 11001010101 1101110001 11010100001 1101010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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