This is an analysis of Hellas by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

THE world's great age begins anew,
   The golden years return,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcc dedeff bdbdee ggggaa dcdchh dXdXdd bgbXii
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01110101 110001 01110101 110110 1011111001 11000101 010101010 111001 01101010 100101 11010111 11010101 010010101 100101 010100101 111111 01010111 01110101 11110101 111110 1101101 110101 110100101 10011101 01010101 101001 01111001 110001 11011111 111111011 10111101 111110 11111111 110100 11111101 110111010 11111101 111111 11100101 110100 01010001 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

and, than, cease

Anaphora

the, than, cease