This is an analysis of Gloria Mundi by Walter de la Mare.

Upon a bank, easeless with knobs of gold,
Beneath a canopy of noonday smoke,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeee fegehh fbgbii afagaa gcgcdd Xjhjkk lalakk
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01011000101 0101000101 110100010111 0111010101 1101011001 1101000101 0101111101 01001000101 1001010101 0101011100 1101010111 01010000101 11010101000 0101010101 11010111001 0101010101 11100000101 11010011001 0101010100 1101010111 0111001101 0101110111 1101010111 1011010001 1101110101 0010011100 1001010101 1101010101 1001110101 1101001111 1101110101 10101100111 11001111101 01001001101 1000110011 1011011101 1111001101 0101011101 0101010101 1101110101 1001110111 1101010101 11001010111 00110011001 1001010101 0111110101 1111000101 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 55

Repeated words/phrases

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