This is an analysis of A Day-Dream's Reflection by William Allingham.

Chequer'd with woven shadows as I lay
Among the grass, blinking the watery gleam,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababbacdcddc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10001011111 01011001001 1111010001 1101000101 1101011101 0101010101 10101110101 0101010101 1100100101 0111010101 10110010101 11001111101 11011001001 1101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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