This is an analysis of The Prince's Day by Thomas Moore.

Though dark are our sorrows, today we'll forget them,
And smile through our tears, like a sunbeam in showers:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbddbebe fgfghhecchehe ihihddehhhehe
  • Stanza lengths: 13,13,13,
  • Metre: 111110011010 111111011010 110010110110 1100101111 11101 1101 11110001010 11011 11001 101111101001 001011011001 11101101011 11101111101 011010111010 11011011111 1010110011010 01001111001 11011 1111 11001001001 01001 01101 1111110110001 111001001001 111010110100 1110110101 110111010010 01111011001 111011010010 110110111 01101 11001 110110101 11001 01001 111011011011 11010111001 01011111001 11111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 39

Repeated words/phrases

our, to, and

Anaphora

and