This is an analysis of A Lyrical Picture by Paul Hamilton Hayne.

SEE! See!
How the shadows steal along,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcddeec XaaXfefgge eeeeXdXffd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
  • Metre: 11 1011101 1000101 10100 011011110 10101010 1110 1010101 1010101 101110 11 10111001 0110101 10111 10101111 001001010 1111 00101001 11100101 1001010 11 01100111 1110001 10111 110110010 10111110 001100 1111101 10100101 111010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Anadiplosis

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