This is an analysis of Aphrodite by Victor James Daley.

On a golden dawn in the dawn sublime
Of years ere the stars had ceased to sing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcabddcdaedacce fabfaddb
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,
  • Metre: 1010100101 001011101 100100111 10100101001 1110100100 011111001 010100101 100100111 1011100101 110110101 101101101 10100100111 1100110101 111111101 110111001 100101101 1010111111 110010101 101100101 10100110101 1110111111 111101101 110101111 110110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, you

Anaphora

and