This is an analysis of O Lady, Leave Thy Silken Thread by Thomas Hood.

O Lady, leave thy silken thread
And flowery tapestrie:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXababacdcXdXdbededdad
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11011101 110010 11010101 110101 11111101 110101 11111111 010111 11011001 111101 01010101 010101 11011111 0101110 11010111 1101010 11010001 010001 01010101 110111 111010101 1101010 11010101 1100010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

thou, and

Anaphora

the