This is an analysis of Duddingstone by Robert Louis Stevenson.

WITH caws and chirrupings, the woods
In this thin sun rejoice.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb defe agfg gebe Xddd hhXh cigi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110001 001101 01110101 110011 01111101 0010001 11010111 011101 11111111 1101001 01000111 110101 11011111 110111 01110101 0010101 11011101 111111 11011001 011001 11111101 111101 11010110 010111 11111101 111101 11110111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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