This is an analysis of Berlin, 1871. by Sir Lewis Morris.

THE spring day was all of a flutter with flags ;
The mad chimes were beating like surf in the air ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede bfbX gfgf fdfd egegXdfdf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 001111001001 01101011001 01011101011 1010010001101 101111011001 00110101011 110110111 111100101 111101011011 01101111101 01011101001 101001011001 101001101111 1010110001011 11101111111 111110100111 11111011011 1111011110001 101111001111 101101101001 11001101001 00101111001 101011001001 01101001101 110010010011 101101001111 111011111001 101101011001 101111101111 101001101111 11001101101 1110100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

with, and

Anaphora

the, and