This is an analysis of Farewell, Life! My Senses Swim by Thomas Hood.

Farewell, Life! My senses swim,
And the world is growing dim;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd ddeeaaff
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 1111101 1010101 1011101 1011001 1010101 1010101 1010101 11010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1111101 10011101 1011101 1011101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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