This is an analysis of In Port by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Last, to the chamber where I lie
My fearful footsteps patter nigh,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ddcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10010111 11011101 11100111 00111101 11011101 01010111 11010111 11010111 11101101 11100111 11110111 10010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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