This is an analysis of Time Long Past by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Like the ghost of a dear friend dead
Is Time long past.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb bbbbbb cbcbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 10100111 0111 011010101 011010101 01110111 1111 1011001 0111 11010101 11011101 11110111 1111 10011101 1111 1101101 01010111 10010101 0111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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