This is an analysis of The Undiscovered Country by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

Forever am I conscious, moving here,
That should I step a little space aside…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110101 1111010101 11010001101 0100010111 1101101101 1111110101 01010010101 1101011011 11100000101 1101010111 1101110101 1001010101 1111110111 1101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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