This is an analysis of To Night by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Swiftly walk o'er the western wave,
Spirit of Night!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccb dXdbeeb fDfdbbD ededeedXefefbbf
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,15,
  • Metre: 101100101 1001 10010101 11011111 11010111 11110011 1011 11100101 110 10110101 100110101 11010101111 101011001 111 11011101 1111 111110111 1111011011 101011001 10011011 1111 1101111 111 11110101 1010101 1110111 1111101 111 1011111 111 1011111 01011101 11010101 1010101 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 35

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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