This is an analysis of The Lorelei by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

Yonder we see it from the steamer's deck,
The haunted Mountain of the Lorelei --…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacdcXdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011000101 0101000101 0101110101 11010001111 1101010101 0101111111 01110101001 11001010001 0111110101 1111110111 11110100001 101111110110 1111011111 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the