This is an analysis of Ulysses And The Siren by Samuel Daniel.

Siren. COME, worthy Greek! Ulysses, come,
   Possess these shores with me:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efgfbhXh iaiajcjc ejgjkbkb gcgcXbXb afafjcjc fifiliXi ejejlglg bgbgmmmm
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011010101 101101 01111100 111101 11111111 101001 11010101 110101 01011011100 100101 11111111 111111 11011111 110101 01011000 1001101 1001010101 11011 01000101 111101 01010001 111001 01101111 111101 01001010110 110101 11001101 110101 11110101 111111 11110011 111101 1011011101 1001111 11010101 110101 111001000 1101001 11110100 111101 01011000101 111101 11110001 111101 10010101 110101 11010111 111011 1011010101 1110101 11110101 110100 11011101 111011 01111111 1001110 010110101010 110001 1111001010 110101 01010101 110101 11110101 101111 1011010111 111111 11110101 111101 11011101 110111 11010100 1011001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 72

Repeated words/phrases

in, and, to, our, may, of, i

Anaphora

and