This is an analysis of A Retrospective Review by Thomas Hood.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a aABAAB X bbcddc X bbXcXX X eeaffa a bbgddg a hheXbe X iigjjg X iiacca X kkaeea X aXbggb a iilbbl X eekiik X jjkbbk X bbkjjk X mmkffk X nnXggX XXaABAAB
- Stanza lengths: 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,8,
- Metre: 1 11110101 11110101 110111 11011011 11011011 010101 1 01110101 01001111 010101 11110111 11010111 110101 1 11011111 11110101 010101 11011101 01010100 110001 1 11111101 11010101 110001 1101001001 01111011 010111 1 11110111 11110111 111101 11011101 11010001 110001 1 11110101 11010011 011011 110001100 11011111 110111 1 11010111 11001101 111101 11010111 11110101 111101 1 01011111 11110101 011111 10101111 010011101 111101 1 11111101 11111111 110111 11111101 11011101 110101 1 11011101 01010101 1100111 01011111 01010111 010111 1 11010101 01011101 111101 11010101 10110101 010101 1 11111101 110111111 111111 010101111 110110111 011101 1 11010111 11010101 1111001 11011001 01011101 110001 1 0010010101 01010111 111111 01011111 01111111 010111 1 0110101 01010111 101101 11111111 11010101 010101 1 111100101 01010101 010111 01011111 01011101 110001 1 11110101 11110101 110111 11011011 11011011 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 34
- Lines: 135
Repeated words/phrases
my, so, that
Anaphora
my, as, the
