This is an analysis of Desmond's Song by Thomas Moore.

By the Feal's wave benighted,
No star in the skies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgcgc Xhghijij kbkbbfbf
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011010 11001 0111110 11111 1110101 101111 1110011 011111 111110 11001 1111010 11001 1100110 11010 1110010 01111 1110100 01001 0111110 11111 101110 01001 10100110 11011 111010 01001 110110 01001 1011110 11001 1010010 11001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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