This is an analysis of The Exile by Thomas Hood.

The swallow with summer
Will wing o'er the seas,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcacXcXcdcecbfefbbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 010010 011001 011110 01011 011010 11001 111110 11001 110111 11101 1011110 11001 110111 11111 010011 11001 101101 101001 110011 11011 101101 001111 110111 01001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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