This is an analysis of A Dream Of Hell by Thomas MacDonagh.
Last night I dreamt I was in hell;
In waking dread I dream it yet;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc deed bffX ghhg dddd eaae ibbi cggc ciic jccj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 01011101 11011101 110100001 110111011 10011101 11011101 01010101 11110110 011101011 01000101 01010101 01011111 11010101 110101001 01110101 11111111 10011101 01100111 11011101 10101111 01010101 11110101 01011111 111100111 001101001 01100101 11111111 01010111 01011101 010011101 01011001 0100100111 11111111 01001111 10010101 11101101 10011101 10011011 11010101 11111111 11110111 110010111 11011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
i, and, in, no, by
Anaphora
in, buried