This is an analysis of Amaranth by Victor James Daley.
ONCE a poet—long ago—
Wrote a song as void of art…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ecec efef dgdX eheh chch ijij gXgi
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1010101 1011101 1011101 1111011 0011101 1000101 1010101 1111111 1010101 1111111 1001111 1010100 1010111 1111101 1011111 1110101 1110111 0010101 1101111 0110100 1111001 1010111 1010101 1110111 1110001 1111001 1110111 1010101 1110111 1010101 1111111 1011001 1011111 1010100 001001001 0010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
as, of