This is an analysis of Echo Song by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

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Who can say where Echo dwells?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bXXXbbcc X dXadddcc X eeeeeecc X bffXbbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Metre: 1 1111101 0110110 1011111 1010101 111101 101 10 10 1 1000101 1001100 1011101 1101101 1011111 101 10 10 1 1011101 101111 1111101 10001101 1010101 101 10 10 1 1011101 11101001 1111111 1110100 1011111 111 10 10
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

echo, she

Anaphora

echo

Epiphora

echo

Anadiplosis

echo