This is an analysis of A Memory by Sir Lewis Morris.

DOWN dropped the sun upon the sea,
The gradual darkness filled the land ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa aXaX bbbb ccccXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11010101 010010101 01011100 11010001 10111101 00011111 11010101 11010101 111100111 1100111001 100100101 10011101 01010101 11110101 101100101 10110101 11010101 10011111 11011101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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