This is an analysis of Latakia by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

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When all the panes are hung with frost,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcXccdedefdfbaXa X ghgghXieeiXdbhhb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,16,1,16,
  • Metre: 1 11011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01010111 11011111 0110101 11010101 10010111 11011111 10010101 010101001 10010111 11011101 11111101 11011101 1 01011101 01011111 11010111 11010101 01110101 111101001 110111010 11111101 10010101 0100101010 11010101 01100101 11010111 11010101 100101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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