This is an analysis of The Living Past by Sir Lewis Morris.
FAITHFUL souls that watch and yearn,
Expectant of the coming light,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fXXX dfdf gaga bebe dhdh babX ibib
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1011111 01000101 01011111 01010101 01011000 10110111 11100101 11010101 00110101 01010101 100100101 11010111 11011111 11011010 11010111 11010001 110110101 01011101 11110111 11000101 11110101 11001111 10111101 01010101 11011111 01000100 01110111 11010001 01001101 11011101 01010101 01010111 01111101 11110101 110100111 110111100 11110111 11010011 110101001 11100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, i
Anaphora
with, the, i, and
