This is an analysis of Piscataqua River by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Thou singest by the gleaming isles,
By woods, and fields of corn,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eceX Xafa baba adad bbbbXfbfb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010101 111101 11010111 011111 11010101 110101 11111101 110010111 01010101 110101 11110011 1011010 01010100 010101 11010101 110101 01010111 1001010 11010001 1101001 11010101 010111 11010101 010101 11010001 111101 11110111 010111 11011101 010111 11000111 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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