This is an analysis of Woe Is Me by Sydney Thompson Dobell.

Far in the cradling sky,
Dawn opes his baby eye,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaA aaaA bbbA cccA dddddA
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1001001 1100101 110111 101 101101 100111 111111 101 110111 110101 111101 101 110111 100101 110101 101 110011 011101 110101 111101 110011 101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 26