This is an analysis of Looking-Glass River by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Smooth it glides upon its travel,
Here a wimple, there a gleam--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd caca aeae fefe egeg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10101010 101101 10110 1011 10101010 111111 10110 0111 11111010 1010101 10110 11101 10111010 1010101 10010 1111 10101110 1011111 11010 11101 10101001 1010101 011100 01111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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