This is an analysis of The Eviction by William Allingham.
In early morning twilight, raw and chill,
Damp vapours brooding on the barren hill,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXeXcffbb ggeeddccXXbbhhggiigg ggffggjjkkddddiiaaXikk
- Stanza lengths: 16,20,22,
- Metre: 0101011111 1101010101 110010010101 1011010111 1111010101 11011001011 0101010101 1001110111 1101010101 0101010101 11110010101 1001010110 1111010101 1011001111 110101011 11010110101 01010010101 0101011111 1111010011 1111110011 0101010001 01010100011 10011010101 1011011111 1111011001 1101110101 1101010101 0111010111 1101100111 111011100101 01010111001 0101010101 0101110111 1101110101 11101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1111010110 0111010101 1101010101 1101110101 0101110101 1111010101 11001011101 1001010110 10001010101 1101110101 0101010101 1101011011 1101010101 0100010101 011110111 0100011101 1111010101 11010011110 1011010101 1101010101 0101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 58
Repeated words/phrases
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