This is an analysis of The Lee Shore by Thomas Hood.

Sleet! and hail! and thunder!
And ye winds that rave,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcg eheh Xiai
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111110 11111 101110 10101 111010 10101 101010 00101 001010 10101 101010 11101 011010 10001 101010 00101 001010 10101 001010 11101 111100 10101 1101110 11101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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