This is an analysis of To ---- by Sidney Lanier.
The Day was dying; his breath
Wavered away in a hectic gleam;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc XdXd efef agag
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0111001 100100101 111010111 11111111 0111001 110111011 011110111 11010101 0101011000 101111101 1010110101 011100101 011101 011100101 1110101111 101111101 111111 01010111 11111001 010011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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